US President Donald Trump has approved a bill through which America can impose 500 percent tariff on India for buying oil from Russia. Although this bill has not yet been approved by Congress, it is believed that it may get the support of the US legislature. If this happens, India may have to face heavy tariffs from the US government in the coming days. Due to this fear, the Indian stock market has completely collapsed, the Sensex has fallen by more than 700 points.
Meanwhile, Nifty has also seen a fall of more than 250 points. Experts believe that the stock market will fall further in the coming days. The special thing is that due to this fall, stock market investors have suffered a loss of more than ₹ 7 lakh crore on Thursday. It is noteworthy that this week the Sensex has fallen by more than 1,550 points. Shares of major Indian companies like TCS, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and SBI are also witnessing a huge fall. Let us see what the stock market data is telling.
huge fall in stock market
Due to Trump’s threat of 500 per cent tariffs, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, Sensex, fell 753.69 points to 84,207.45 during the trading session. It is noteworthy that Sensex opened today (Thursday) at 84,778.02 points, and closed at 84,961.14 points the previous day. This is the fourth consecutive day of decline in Sensex, during which it has fallen by 1551 points.
Meanwhile, the benchmark index of the National Stock Exchange, Nifty is also trading with a huge fall. During the trading session, Nifty fell 256.6 points to the day’s low of 25,884.15. Nifty opened at 26,106.50 points and closed at 26,140.75 points the previous day. After four consecutive trading days of decline, Nifty has now fallen 444.4 points. share
Main reasons for market decline:
FII selling: Foreign institutional investors sold shares worth ₹1,527.71 crore on Wednesday. This was the third consecutive selling session after a short break on January 2, when they had bought shares worth a nominal ₹289.80 crore. After record outflows in 2025, FIIs have sold shares worth about ₹5,760 crore so far in January.
Weekly Expiry: Thursday is the weekly expiry day for Sensex derivatives. On expiry days, traders close out or roll over their positions, increasing trading volumes and market volatility.
Weak Global Cues: Asian markets were trading lower, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng in the red. US markets closed mostly lower on Wednesday. Geopolitical and global trade concerns have weighed on long-term risk aversion for equity markets, analysts led by Abhishek Saraf of Motilal Oswal Financial Services told Reuters.
Crude Oil Prices: In the international crude oil market, Brent crude prices rose 0.4 percent to US$60.20 per barrel. Rising crude oil prices are negative for India as the country imports most of its oil needs. Trade deal concerns: Shares of export-oriented textile and shrimp companies have fallen after US President Donald Trump approved a bipartisan sanctions bill that proposes to impose hefty tariffs of up to 500 percent on countries that continue trading with Russia. This has led to a decline in the stock market.
India VIX rises: India VIX rose nearly 9 per cent to 10.83, reflecting high uncertainty among investors.
Selling in metal company shares: After six days of rally, shares of metal companies fell for the second consecutive session. Copper, aluminum, gold and silver stocks had seen a lot of momentum recently, but later they started falling.
huge loss to investors
This decline in the stock market has caused huge losses to stock market investors. This loss is directly linked to the market capitalization of BSE. According to the data, when the stock market closed on Wednesday, the market capitalization of BSE was ₹4,79,94,179.83 crore, which declined to ₹4,72,86,789.30 crore during Thursday’s trading session. This means the market capitalization of BSE reduced by ₹7,07,390.53 crore. This is a loss suffered by investors. Looking at the data, investors have suffered a loss of ₹8,37,990.05 crore due to the continuous fall in the last four days.