Nifty ends sharply lower on Monday amid profit booking

08 Dec 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended sharply lower on Monday amid profit booking. Index made a flat-to-negative start following broadly mixed cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index extended its losses and continued its trade towards southward direction. Market participants were worried as Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) report stated that India's forex reserves dropped by $1.88 billion to $686.23 billion during the week ended November 28. Further, persistent foreign fund outflow dampened investors sentiments. As per exchange data, Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 438.90 crore on Friday. In afternoon session, market added more losses and remained in red till the end of the session. Traders were cautious ahead of Fed interest rate decision, which going to be out on December 11. Besides, India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is scheduled to be released on December 12. Finally, Nifty ended below 26,000 mark.

All sectorial indices ended in red. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Tech Mahindra, PB Fintech and Max Financial Services. On the other hand, the top losers were Kaynes Technology India, InterGlobe Aviation and Bharat Dynamics. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 25900 - 26100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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