Mumbai, Sept. 29 -- Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower for the second day on Tuesday as elevated crude oil prices, uncertainty over the Iran war peace deal, higher US Treasury yields and foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiment.
The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 242.65 points, or 0.33 per cent, to settle at 72,529.07.
The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 64.05 points, or 0.28 per cent, to end at 22,716.20. From the 30 Sensex firms, Titan, HCL Tech, Tata Consultancy Services, UltraTech Cement, Hindustan Unilever and Tech Mahindra were among the major laggards.
Adani Ports, Sun Pharma, Tata Steel and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the winners.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.09 per cent to $105.1 per barrel. FIIs offloaded equities worth Rs 5,353.22 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.
The BSE MidCap Select index dropped 0.99 per cent, while the SmallCap Select index was up 0.25 per cent. Among the BSE sectoral indices, Consumer Durables tumbled 1.97 per cent, Focused IT dropped 1.77 per cent, Insurance 1.57 per cent, Realty 1.49 per cent, IT 1.28 per cent, Hospitals 1.24 per cent and Housing Finance 0.93 per cent. Healthcare, Industrials, Telecommunication, Metal and Services closed in the green.
In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 & Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended lower, while Shanghai's SSE Composite index settled higher. Markets in Europe were trading in positive territory. US markets ended lower on Monday.
On Monday, the Sensex tanked 1,124.02 points, or 1.52 per cent, to settle at 72,771.72, the lowest closing level since March 30, 2026. The Nifty dropped 360.25 points, or 1.56 per cent, to end at 22,780.25.
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