The selling pressure continues in the Indian stock markets as the Nifty fell more than 4 per cent in the last 5 sessions, while the Sensex declined by 4.3 per cent in the last 5 trading sessions.
Selling pressure mounted on the Indian stock markets on Thursday after the SEBI regulation on F&O, and with another main reason being the continued foreign outflows from Indian markets to other Asian markets.
Indian stock market indices Nifty and Sensex opened flat on Tuesday as the markets entered a consolidation phase after foreign investors turned towards other Asian markets like China and Hong Kong.
The rally in Indian stocks continued on Friday as both indices, Nifty and Sensex, maintained their upward trend, with the Sensex nearing the 86,000 mark.
Indian stock indices Nifty and Sensex opened flat on Thursday amid selling by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and buying support from Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), keeping the indices in a balanced mode.
Indian stock markets opened flat on Wednesday as the monthly and quarterly expiry date approaches, though experts noted that the markets are still in bull mode.
The stock market on Tuesday opened on a flat note but immediately Sensex crossed the 85,000 mark at 85,001.42 and NSE touched all-time high of 25,975 points mainly on account of global optimism.