Stock Market Dips on Tariff Worries
On Tuesday, September 02, 2025, the Indian markets gave up their early gains and ended the day in red on the second trading day of the week. The Sensex 30 had a loss of 206.61 points, or 0.26%, closing at 80,157.88 points. The Nifty 50 also ended the day down, dropping 45.45 points, or 0.18%, to settle at 24,579.60 points.
Sensex financials and auto drag
The largest laggards on Tuesday included M&M, Asian Paints, Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, Trent, HDFC Bank, LT, Ultra Cement, Bharti Airtel, and others.
Sectoral performance was mixed.
Real estate, metal, and the Nifty fmcg all saw the most gains in terms of sector. On the other hand, financial services, private banks, etc., lost.
Trump calls the US-India trade agreement a “one-sided disaster.”
The day before, US President Donald Trump said on his “Truth Social” social media account that the trade agreement between the US and India had been a “one sided disaster.” During the negotiations, the Modi government had promised to impose zero tariffs on US imports, he continued, but it was becoming late for the two countries to come to an agreement.
There was a mixed trend in other Asian markets.
Korea’s Kospi is up 0.66% at 3,163 and Japan’s Nikkei is up 0.25% at 42,292 in Asian markets.
China’s Shanghai Composite is down 0.91% at 3,876 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index is down 0.082% at 25,596.
US markets remained closed on Monday.
On Monday, FIIs sold shares for ₹1,429.71 crore.
Foreign investors (FIIs) sold shares valued at ₹1,429.71 crore on September 1. The net purchase made by domestic investors (DIIs) was ₹4,344.93 crore.
In August, foreign investors sold Indian stocks for ₹34,993 crore, the most in the previous seven months.
A total of ₹17,741 crore worth of domestic shares were net sold by foreign investors in July.
