Sensex and Nifty on Dhanteras: Key numbers

Sensex close: 81,028.02.

Nifty close: 25,030.35.

One-day gain: 2.17% (Sensex), 2.01% (Nifty).

Foreign buying on Thursday: Rs 14,974.68 crore.

Kospi: down 6.02%.

Business Standard’s closing headline called it a seventh straight day of gains, while ETV Bharat’s own figures describe a run of six sessions, so the count of the winning streak differs between outlets.

Other reports put the weekly gains at about 8.8% for the Sensex and 8.6% for the Nifty, which they describe as the best week in about six years, according to search summaries of Business Standard and CNBC-TV18 coverage.

Foreign institutional investors bought Rs 14,974.68 crore of equities on Thursday, according to exchange data cited by ETV Bharat.

Banks helped on Friday, and one summary says the Nifty Bank index rose 1,312 points to 59,086.

Broader markets were weaker than the benchmarks: ETV Bharat says the Nifty Midcap 100 fell 0.54% and the Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 0.87%.

In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi fell 6.02% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 5.96%, and the Shanghai and Hang Seng indices each ended more than 1% lower, according to ETV Bharat.

Ponmudi R, chief executive of Enrich Money, told ETV Bharat that US markets were also under pressure, with the Dow down 3.4%, the S&P 500 down 4.36% and the Nasdaq down 5.52%.

The same comment attributed the US selling to a broad unwinding of AI-related trades, which is that analyst’s view and not an official finding.

Ajit Mishra of Religare Broking said Brent crude had rebounded toward $100 a barrel, according to ETV Bharat.

Mishra’s comment described gains of over 1.5% in the Nifty and a seventh session of gains, which do not match the 2.01% and six sessions in the same report, so quoted figures from commentators should be read with care.

Indian equities have lagged emerging-market peers in 2026, according to one report.

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