Today’s Stock Market
The Sensex is currently trading at 80,150, down 600 points on Thursday, August 28, 2025. At 24,530, however, the Nifty is down around 200 points. Ten of the Sensex’s thirty equities are up, while twenty are down. HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and HCL Tech’s stock has dropped as much as 1.6%. HUL, Bajaj Finance, and Zomato are operational Of the Nifty’s 50 shares, 18 are trading up and 32 are down. The NSE’s indices are all down today. The industries most impacted include finance, banking, healthcare, and IT.
Global Market Decline
- Korea’s Kospi is up 0.52% at 3,203, while Japan’s Nikkei is up 0.50% at 42,731 in Asian markets.
- China’s Shanghai Composite is up 0.072% at 3,803, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index is down 0.66% at 25,035.
- The US Dow Jones ended the day on August 27 at 45,565, up 0.32%. The S&P 500 increased by 0.24%, while the Nasdaq Composite increased by 0.21%.
FIIs sold shares valued at ₹6,516 crore on August 26.
- Foreign investors (FIIs) sold shares in the cash segment for ₹6,516.49 crore on August 26. The net purchase made by domestic investors (DIIs) was ₹7,060.37 crore.
- Foreign investors have sold shares totaling ₹34,733.75 crore so far in August. A net purchase of ₹76,420.57 crore has been made by domestic investors during this time.
- Foreign investors sold shares for a total of ₹47,666.68 crore in July. Over the course of the month, domestic investors also made a net purchase of ₹60,939.16 crore.
US tariffs caused the Sensex to drop 849 points on Tuesday.
The stock market also experienced a drop on Tuesday, August 26, the second trading day of the week. The Sensex ended the day at 80,787, down 849 points (1.04%). Additionally, the Nifty fell 256 points (1.02%) to 24,712.
