Stock markets decline in early trade on foreign fund outflows

In a highly volatile trade, the 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex dropped 124.95 points to 84,775.76 in early trade on Tuesday (November 25, 2025). The 50-share National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty declined 35.35 points to 25,924.15.

From the Sensex firms, Power Grid, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Trent and Bharti Airtel were among the major laggards.

However, Reliance Industries, Bharat Electronics, Tata Steel and State Bank of India were among the gainers.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth ₹4,171.75 crore on Monday (November 24, 2025), according to exchange data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), however, bought stocks worth ₹4,512.87 crore in the previous trade.

“Nifty’s attempt to break the 2024 September high and set new record is facing resistance particularly from resumption of big FII selling which touched ₹4,171 crore in the cash market yesterday (November 24, 2025),” V.K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited, said.

In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index were trading in positive territory.

U.S. markets ended significantly higher on Monday (November 24, 2025).

“Nifty closed below 26,000 on Monday (November 24, 2025) as selling pressure persisted, raising doubts over whether the recent rally is fading and whether the index can recover after two sharp sessions. Sentiment is dampened by ₹18,013 crore of FII outflows in November 2025 and uncertainty around the India–U.S. trade deal,” Prashanth Tapse, senior vice-president (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said.

Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.38% to $63.13 per barrel.

On Monday (November 24, 2025), the Sensex declined by 331.21 points or 0.39% to settle at 84,900.71. The Nifty fell by 108.65 points or 0.42% to 25,959.50.