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Mkts log longest losing streak in 6 months
Business Standard
|September 26, 2025
Indian equity benchmarks extended losses for a fifth straight session on Thursday - their longest losing streak in over six months - as sustained foreign portfolio investor (FPI) selling weighed on sentiment.
The Sensex closed 556 points, or 0.7 per cent, lower at 81,160, while the Nifty slipped 166 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 24,891. Over the past five sessions, the indices have shed 2.2 per cent and 2.1 per cent, respectively. This marks the longest such decline for the Sensex since March 13 and for the Nifty since March 4. The correction has eroded₹3.2 trillion in market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms, which now stands at ₹457 trillion. In the past four trading sessions, foreign funds have pulled out ne
This story is from the September 26, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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