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Indices drag on fear of more tariff over Trump support to bill
This story was originally published at 13:52 IST on 8 January 2026
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Equity Alert: Indices drag on fear of more tariff over Trump support to bill
MUMBAI--1327 IST--Domestic benchmark indices saw a sharp fall due to caution over US President Donald Trump's support to a bill seeking to impose sanctions on countries buying Russian oil. The US Supreme Court is expected to issue rulings on the legality of tariffs Friday.
At 1324 IST, the Nifty 50 was at 25910.90 points, down 229.85 points or 0.9%, and the BSE Sensex was at 84283.20 points, down 677.94 points or 0.8%.
More than 40 constituents in the 50-stock index traded in the red, with Hindalco Industries being the worst hit, down nearly 4%. Oil And Natural Gas Corp., Jio Financial Services, and JSW Steel were down nearly 3?ch. SBI Life Insurance Co. was the top gainer in the index, up nearly 1%. The heavyweight stock ICICI Bank was up 0.4%.
US President Donald Trump backed the Sanctioning Russia Act, which gives him the authority to impose a tariff of 500% on countries that buy products from Russia's energy sector. These countries include India and China. "This bill would give President Trump tremendous leverage against countries like China, India, and Brazil to incentivise them to stop buying the cheap Russian oil that provides the financing for Putin's bloodbath against Ukraine," Aljazeera quoted Lindsey Graham, a senator for the US state of South Carolina as saying.
"The markets were underperforming for the past three days and now because of this tariff-related news, which is expected by tomorrow (Friday) from the US Court," said Nandish Shah, deputy vice president at HDFC Securities. The support for the Nifty 50 is pegged at 26900 points whereas the resistance is expected at 26050-26100, Shah said.
Metal stocks--Hindustan Zinc and Jindal Steel--were the worst hit in the Nifty 200 index, down over 6% and over 5%. The oil stock of Hindustan Petroleum Corp. was down nearly 5% in the index. Dixon Technologies (India) was the top gainer among the Nifty 200 constituents, up over 1%.
All the sectoral indices were in the red with Nifty Metal and Nifty Oil & Gas being the worst hit, down around 3?ch. All the broader indices were also in the red, all of them down nearly 2%. (Adhithya Aji)
Equity Alert: Jefferies raises target price of Indus Towers, Bharti Airtel
MUMBAI--1320 IST--Broking firm Jefferies has raised the target price of telecommunications infrastructure company Indus Towers by 20% to INR 510 and that of Bharti Airtel by nearly 5% to INR 2,760. The brokerage has pegged 2026 as a year of growth and re-rating in the telecom sector, according to NDTV Profit.
Jefferies expects the potential adjusted gross revenue relief from the government to boost growth of Indus Towers and trigger valuation re-rating in its stock. Bharti Airtel remains the top pick for the brokerage in the telecom sector. Jefferies expects the telecom major to drive up its sectoral revenue in June. According to the brokerage, Bharti Airtel has multiple growth levers and strong free cash flow generation.
Jefferies sees potential tariff hikes, along with steady capital expenditure, boosting free cash flow generation and return on capital employed for telecom companies, NDTV Profit reported. It also expects Reliance Jio Infocomm's initial public offering to be another major development for the telecom sector in 2026.
At 1313 IST, shares of Indus Towers were trading at INR 434.25 on NSE, up 1.2%. So far, over 8 million shares of the company have changed hands on the exchange, higher than nearly 3 million shares traded till the same time Wednesday. Of the six brokerage recommendations available with Informist on the company, three have a 'buy' recommendation on the stock. Two have a 'sell' recommendation and the remaining one has a 'hold' recommendation on the stock.
At 1315 IST, shares of Bharti Airtel were trading nearly 1% lower at INR 2,064.30 on NSE. So far, nearly 3 million shares of the company changed hands on the exchange, slightly higher than the 2.55 million shares traded till the same time Wednesday. Of the 16 brokerage recommendations available with Informist on the company, 15 have a 'buy' recommendation on the stock with an average target price of INR 2,113 and the remaining one has a 'sell' recommendation. (Arundathi A R)
Equity Alert: IDFC FIRST Bk shrs up post interest rate cut for savings accts
MUMBAI--1245 IST--Shares of IDFC FIRST Bank recovered 4% from an intraday low to hit a high of INR 86.40 on NSE on Thursday, after media reports claimed the lender reduced interest rates on savings account deposits across several balance slabs, effective Friday. The bank's stock was among the few trading higher in the Nifty 200 index.
Interest on deposits of up to INR 100,000 will remain unchanged at 3% per annum, while deposits above INR 100,000 and up to INR 1 million will provide 5% interest compared to 7?rlier, according to a report by Moneycontrol. Deposits above INR 1 million and up to INR 50 million will yield up to 6.5% interest compared to 7?rlier. Deposits above INR 50 million and up to INR 100 million will earn up to 6.50% interest compared to 6.75?rlier.
The lender's cost of funds is expected to improve after this move. A 20-basis-point reduction in savings account rates could result in an increase of up to 7 bps in IDFC FIRST Bank's net interest margin and an almost 5% increase in its earnings per share for 2026-27 (Apr-Mar), CNBC-TV18 reported, citing analysts.
At 1244 IST, shares of the company were off highs and traded at INR 85.62 on the exchange. Of the 14 brokerage recommendations available with Informist on the stock, nine have a 'buy' call with an average target price of INR 88, while three have a 'hold' call and two others have a 'sell' call. (Eshitva Prakash)
Equity Alert: Nuvama sees InterGlobe's EBITDAR hit 25% on year in Oct-Dec
MUMBAI--1200 IST--InterGlobe Aviation's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation, and rent in the December quarter are likely to fall by 25% year-on-year, Nuvama Institutional Equities said in a research report. The brokerage, in a report dated Dec. 11, had seen a 40% impact on the company's EBITDAR for the December quarter. Nuvama expects Oct-Dec to be one of the company's worst quarterly performances due to lower yields from flights and higher operating expenditure. At 1119 IST, shares of InterGlobe Aviation were trading slightly higher at INR 4,971.50. The brokerage has maintained a 'hold' call on the stock at a target price of INR 5,069.
The brokerage expects a 4% on-year decrease in yields and a 26% on-year rise in operating expenditure due to foreign exchange losses and flight duty time limitations related disruptions to affect the company's EBITDAR. The brokerage sees a foreign exchange impact of INR 11 billion and flight duty time limitation-related disruption costs to amount to INR 8.3 billion. However, a 10% rise in available seat per kilometre is expected to aid the company's bottom line.
The government's stance to break the current Air India-Indigo duopoly by fostering competition does not bode well for InterGlobe Aviation, the brokerage said. It added that the company's poor planning has driven a huge shortage of pilots under Phase II of the revised flight duty time limitation norms that kicked in from Nov. 1. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has, since then, allowed pilot leave to count towards the 48-hour rest requirement for all airlines while night-duty restrictions have been relaxed for Indigo's A320 fleet until Feb. 26. Nuvama is concerned about a re-occurence of delays in IndiGo flights, as no extension to these relaxations have been announced.
Moreover, the brokerage said that the outcome of regulatory actions on the airline is uncertain. The DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation have announced measures to enquire into Indigo's operational issues. These measures include forming a committee to inquire into root-causes and suggestions of preventive measures, 10% cut in Indigo's winter schedule, and show-cause notices to senior management. Further cuts to Indigo's flight schedule, monetary penalties, and mandated internal process changes could be the potential measures that could be taken against the company. (Eshitva Prakash)
Equity Alert: Indices continue to fall; Nifty 50 below 26000
MUMBAI--1158 IST--Benchmark indices fell due to profit-booking in metal stocks and a fall in shares of information technology companies. Index heavyweight Reliance Industries, which fell nearly 2% and Hindalco Industries, which fell 4%, weighed on the Nifty 50 index, bringing it below 26000 points.
At 1150 IST, the Nifty 50 was at 25962.55 points, down 178.20 points or 0.7%, and the BSE Sensex was at 84482.98 points, down 478.16 points or 0.6%.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Bharat Electronics, and Eternal were among the top gainers in the Nifty 50 index, up nearly 1?ch. ICICI Bank was up nearly 1%. Shares of Hindalco Industries were the worst hit in the index. JSW Steel was down nearly 3% and Tata Steel was down nearly 2%. Information technology stocks remained in the red.
Shares of IDFC Bank rose nearly 2?ter falling for three consecutive sessions. The bank reported during the day that it had cut interest rates on savings account. The bank cut the savings rate to 5% from 7% for amounts more than INR 100,000 and up to INR 1 million, CBNC TV-18 reported. The stock was among the top gainers in the Nifty 200 index.
All the sectoral indices were in the red, with Nifty Metal and Nifty Oil & Gas being the worst hit, down over 3% and 2%, respectively. A fall in shares of Hindustan Petroleum Corp. dragged down the Nifty Oil & Gas index. The stock was down nearly 5%.
Hindustan Zinc was the worst hit among the Nifty 200 constituents, down over 6%. Signatureglobal (India) was down over 7%, the worst hit in the Nifty 500 index. (Adhithya Aji)
Equity Alert: Indices fall more ; metal, IT companies extend losses
MUMBAI--1040 IST--Indices fell more as metal stocks and information technology stocks continued to be laggards. The heavyweight stocks Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank fell over 1% and 0.1%, respectively and dragged down the Nifty 50 index.
At 1040 IST, the Nifty 50 was at 26031.55 points, down 109.20 points, or 0.4% and the BSE Sensex was at 84671.71 points, down 289.43 points, or 0.3%.
Shares of Zomato-owner Eternal and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone were the top gainers among the Nifty 50 constituents, up over 1?ch. Tata Consultancy Services was the worst hit in the index, down nearly 3%. The stock fell after hitting a three-month high of INR 3,328.6 on Wednesday. Information technology stocks continued to be in the red with Infosys, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro down 1-2%.
All the sectoral indices were in the red, with Nifty Metal being the worst hit. The sectoral index was down nearly 3%, as the constituents like Hindustan Zinc, National Aluminium Co., and Jindal Steel extended losses. Hindustan Zinc and National Aluminium Co. were the worst hit in the Nifty 200 index, down over 5?ch. Jindal Steel, NMDC, Vedanta, and Hindustan Copper were down 4?ch in the Nifty 500 index.
CG Power and Industrial Solutions was the top gainer in the Nifty 200 index, up over 3% and Alkyl Amines Chemicals was the top gainer in the Nifty 500 index, up over 7%. (Adhithya Aji)
Equity Alert: Metal stocks fall as investors book profits after recent rally
MUMBAI--1000 IST--Shares of most metal companies were down in the opening minutes of trade Thursday. All constituents of the Nifty Metal index were in the red and the sectoral index was the worst hit among peers in early trade, down almost 2% at 0954 IST. Stocks in this sector were seeing profit-booking after a recent rally, Anshul Jain, technical analyst at Laxmi Shri Securities, said.
Companies engaged in precious metals production were among the worst hit, with shares of Hindustan Zinc, Hindustan Copper, and Vedanta declining 3–5%. The March futures contract of silver on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India was down almost 1% at INR 248,178 per kilogram, and the January contract of copper was slightly lower at INR 1,301 per kilogram. Shares of National Aluminium Co. were down 4%.
Prior to the decline in the current session and on Wednesday, the Nifty Metal index had risen for six consecutive days, during which it gained almost 5%. The index ended flat on Wednesday. It has surged over 11% in the last 30 days, but has seen a muted performance in seven prior trading sessions.
Shares of Tata Steel were 1% lower. The company Wednesday said its India operations manufactured a record high quantity of crude steel in the December quarter, at 6.34 million tonnes, up over 11% from 5.69 million tonnes produced in the year-ago quarter. The production growth was attributed to higher output at Tata Steel's Jamshedpur and Kalinganagar factories. HSBC said European steel companies have rallied sharply over the past six months, gaining between 29% and 63%, as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism comes into effect, CNBC TV-18 reported, citing the brokerage. HSBC expects European steel prices to rise further and sees upside risks to estimates for Tata Steel Netherlands. It said Tata Steel's underperformance was surprising, given its sizeable European footprint of around 7 million tonnes. (Eshitva Prakash)
Equity Alert: Benchmark indices open lower as metal, IT cos fall; RIL dn 1%
MUMBAI--0952 IST--Domestic benchmark indices opened lower Thursday as the fall in information technology and metal companies stocks weighed. Index heavyweight Reliance Industries was down around 1% and Hindalco Industries, down nearly 2%, dragged the Nifty 50 lower.
At 0942 IST, the Nifty 50 was at 26093.80 points, down 46.95 points or 0.2%, and the BSE Sensex was at 84826.04, down 135.10 points or 0.2%.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Eternal were the top gainers in the Nifty 50, up over 1?ch. Most of the information technology companies were down. Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, and Tech Mahindra were down 1-2%.
Most of the metal companies opened in the red, with Hindustan Zinc, National Aluminium Co., Vedanta, and Hindustan Copper down 3-5%. Hindalco Industries was the worst hit in the Nifty 50, down over 2%. Hindustan Zinc was the worst hit in both the Nifty 200 and Nifty 500 indices.
Tata Steel opened higher but later fell. The company reported that its India operations crude steel manufacturing hit a record high at 6.34 million tonnes for the December quarter. This was over 11% higher from 5.69 million tonnes produced in the corresponding quarter a year ago. The stock is now down 1%.
In the sectoral indices, barring Nifty Realty, all others were in the red. Nifty Metal was the worst hit, down over 2%. Bajaj Holdings & Investment was the top gainer in the Nifty 200 index, up nearly 4%, and Trident was the top gainer in the Nifty 500, up 7%. Shares of Gland Pharma were up over 1%. The stock rose after the company received the US Food and Drug Administration's approval for its abbreviated new drug application for olopatadine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution USP.
A bounce-back is expceted at 25950 level and the immediate resistence is pegged at 26200 points, said Anshul Jain, head of research at at Lakshmishree Investment and Securities. The metal stocks are down as investors book profits, he said. (Adhithya Aji)
Equity Alert: Indices seen flat at open after recent profit booking
MUMBAI--0830 IST--Benchmark equity indices are likely to be rangebound Thursday after closing lower for the previous three sessions. Investors booked profits since Monday after the Nifty 50 touched fresh record high, analysts said. GIFT Nifty contracts suggest the Nifty 50 index will be flat at open Thursday as it is just 40 points higher than the previous close.
At 0827 IST, the GIFT Nifty's January contract was at 26168.50 points, higher than the Nifty 50's close of 26140.75 points on Wednesday. The Nifty 50 is seen facing resistance at 26270 points and finding support at 26000 points, Vipin Kumaar, derivatives and technical analyst at Globe Capital Market, said. "Intraday trend is more or less sideways (till) the Nifty (50) is trading below 26200 spot levels," he said.
Wednesday, the Nifty 50 closed lower for the third session, down 37.95 points or 0.1%. The BSE Sensex closed at 84961.14 points, down 102.20 points or 0.1%. "The gradual downward correction is expected to end soon and the Nifty is likely to bounce back from near the crucial support of around 26100–26000 levels in the short term," Nagaraj Shetti, senior technical research analyst at HDFC Securities, said in a note.
US indices, except the Nasdaq Composite index, closed lower Wednesday. The S&P 500 was dragged down by declines in JP Morgan, Blackstone, and other financial services stocks, Reuters reported. Nvidia and Alphabet lifted the Nasdaq Composite as investors shifted towards artificial intelligence-related stocks, according to the report. Asian indices were mixed in early trade Thursday, with South Korea's KOSPI leading the pack of gainers. KOSPI was higher for the fifth straight session. (Arundathi A R)
Equity Alert: Asian indices mixed Thu amid global geopolitical tensions
MUMBAI--0759 IST--Asian equity markets were mixed in early trade Thursday, tracking overnight movement in US indices amid geopolitical instability across the globe. While Hong Kong's Hang Seng was the worst hit index in Asia, South Korea's Kospi led the gains after opening slightly lower.
Rising tensions between China and Japan affected the market sentiment in these countries, as China's CSI 300 and Japan's Nikkei 225 and Topix were 0.1-0.7% lower in initial trade. China escalated trade tensions with Japan by investigating semiconductor chemicals a day after banning dual-use military goods exports to Japan, citing price drops amid tensions over Taiwan, according to media reports. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments about military intervention in Taiwan, along with a lawmaker's visit there, led to Beijing's retaliatory trade measures against Tokyo, the report said.
Investors should be more selective when choosing Chinese technology stocks this year, Dow Jones Newswires cited Barclays analysts as saying in a research note. "Government policies to drive economic recovery were a tailwind for Chinese tech stocks in 2025 and drove broader gains," the report cited analysts.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was slightly higher after a choppy open. Shares of BlueScope Steel fell 2%, after the company rejected a $9-billion takeover bid from Australian conglomerate SGH and US-based Steel Dynamics, according to CNBC.
Following are the levels of key Asian indices at 0757 IST:
|
INDEX |
LEVEL |
CHANGE IN % |
|
CSI 300 Index |
4758.4337 | (-)0.38 |
|
Hang Seng Index |
26105.91 | (-)1.33 |
|
KOSPI |
4607.28 | 1.24 |
|
Nikkei 225 Day |
51753.59 | (-)0.40 |
|
TOPIX FIRST SECTION |
3508.61 | (-)0.08 |
|
FTSE Singapore Straits Times |
4754.66 | 0.15 |
|
S&P/ASX 200 Index |
8732.50 | 0.42 |
(Simran Rede)
Equity Alert: US indices end mixed Wed; S&P 500 dn as bk, energy stocks fall
MUMBAI--0748 IST--US indices ended mixed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average pulling back from record levels. Banking and energy sector stocks led to the fall in indices, while technology stocks lifted the Nasdaq Composite, which ended 0.2% higher.
Financial sector stocks such as JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo fell. JP Morgan was down 2.3?ter Wolfe Research downgraded the stock to "peer perform" from "outperform," Reuters reported. Blackstone and Apollo Global Management fell more than 5%, which led to a 1.4?cline in the S&P financials index. In the energy sector, Exxon Mobil fell 2%, Chevron was down over 1%, and ConocoPhillips down over 3%.
Shares of oil refiners, Valero Energy and Marathon Petroleum rose 3% and 1%, respectively on positive sentiment that oil sales from Venezuela will continue and sanctions would be reduced, CNBC reported, citing sources.
Tech giants Nvidia and Microsoft rose about 1?ch and Google's parent company Alphabet rose more than 2%. The stocks were up as investors shifted back to artificial intelligence-related stocks following recent worries about overvaluation, Reuters reported.
Following are the closing levels of US indices Wednesday:
|
Index |
Level |
Change in % |
|
S&P 500 |
6920.93 |
(-)0.34 |
|
NASDAQ Composite |
23584.27 |
0.16 |
|
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
48996.08 |
0.94 |
(Adhithya Aji)
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