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Nifty 50 books longest weekly losing streak since 2001 after FII selling
Foreign institutional investors sold ₹44,012.82 crore of equities in the week, while the eight-week slide left Nifty 50 down 8.7% and Sensex down 8.4%.
Indian equity benchmarks extended a losing streak for a seventh straight week into an eighth week, with the Nifty 50 registering its longest weekly decline since 2001, according to LiveMint Markets.
The report cited rising US 10-year Treasury yields, uncertainty around the US-Iran conflict, and higher volatility in Brent crude as factors weighing on sentiment. During the week, foreign institutional investors sold equities worth ₹44,012.82 crore, their highest weekly selling since June 2026.
Nifty 50 fell 3.1% for the holiday-shortened week and the BSE Sensex dropped 2.7%, bringing their eight-week losses to 8.7% and 8.4%, respectively. The selling was broad-based, with 15 of 16 major sectors ending the week lower.
On Thursday, 1 October, the Nifty 50 fell 0.88% to 22,421.95 and the Sensex declined 0.79% to 71,909.70. India’s stock market is closed on Friday, 2 October, for Gandhi Jayanti, with trading set to resume on Monday, 5 October.
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