Equity markets decline in early trade dragged by services, realty stocks, FII outflows
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Monday (December 8, 2025) weighed down by losses in services and realty stocks and sustained foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 316.52 points, or 0.37%, to 85,395.85 in the morning trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined by 106.70 points, or 0.41%, to 26,079.75. From the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti Suzuki India, Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra, NTPC, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid, Hindustan Unilever and Larsen & Toubro were the laggards. However, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Eternal, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Tata Consultancy Services, Trent, HCL Technologies and Tata Steel were among the gainers. “Emerging positive and negative news have the potential to keep the market volatile in the near-term. Robust economic growth and indications of earnings growth revival are supportive of markets. “The massive fiscal and monetary stimulus to the economy this year has contributed to sharp revival in GDP growth as evidenced by the 8.2% Q2 GDP growth print, and RBI’s upward revision …

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