At the close of trading, the Sensex was down by 720.60 points, or 0.90 per cent, at 79,223.11, and the Nifty dropped 183.90 points, or 0.76 per cent, to end at 24,004.75

Indian stock market benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty 50, faced significant losses on January 3 due to profit booking and a strengthening US dollar. The Sensex dropped over 700 points, while the Nifty 50 fell 200 points amid selling pressure across several sectors.

BSE Sensex and Nifty50 declined nearly 1 per cent on Friday as investors reduced their holdings in banking and IT sectors before the upcoming earnings season.

The market rally boosted investors' wealth by approximately Rs 5.8 lakh crore, as the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies climbed to Rs 450.32 lakh crore

Indian equity markets surge over 1,000 points midday, driven by auto and financial stocks, positive market breadth and strong momentum.

Indian equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened in green on Wednesday, the first trading day of the New Year 2025.

Despite losses in Asian markets, Indian benchmark equity indices rose sharply on Thursday; Know key reasons why Sensex, Nifty are rising

Indian stock market, on Thursday, continued their upward momentum, with benchmark indices climbing more than 1% each. The Sensex soared over 1,000 points, while the Nifty 50 crossed the critical 23,950 mark,

BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, rallied strongly in trade on Thursday. While BSE Sensex was above 79,800, Nifty50 moved above 24,150.