New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- A touch of green on Friday failed to save Indian equity benchmarks from a seventh consecutive weekly decline, marking their longest losing streak since the post-pandemic rout. Selective buying in realty and consumer stocks were insufficient to break a market slide that has dragged on since mid-August.

On Friday, the Nifty 50 rose 0.34% to 23,140.50, while the Sensex gained 0.43% to 73,895.74. Despite those advances, the indices remained down 0.88% and 0.53%, respectively, for the week.

A Mint analysis shows that the Sensex's seven-week slide from 14 August to 25 September matches its losing streak during the February-April 2020 pandemic sell-off.

It surpasses the six-week declines in early 2026 amid West Asia ten...