Nifty ends lower for third straight session amid geopolitical jitters

21 Jan 2026 Evaluate

Nifty ended lower for third straight session on Wednesday amid geopolitical jitters. Nifty made a cautious start following broadly negative cues from other Asian peers. Soon, index witnessed huge sell-off across the sectors amid potential trade war between the U.S. and Europe over US President Donald Trump's efforts to take control of Greenland. Meanwhile, persistent Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) outflow weighted on market sentiments. As per exchange data, FIIs sold equities worth nearly Rs 3,000 crore on Tuesday. Further, some cautiousness came with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry’s latest report showing that the output of eight key infrastructure sectors registered a four-month high growth rate of 3.7 per cent in December 2025, though growth pace was slower as compared to 5.1 per cent in the same month in 2024, amid a dip in production of crude oil, natural gas, and refinery products. Besides, subdued Q3 earning number also dampened investors sentiments. In afternoon session, market witnessed recovered but failed to hold gains and once again entered into red terrain. In last leg of the session, index continued its range bound trade and ended below 25,200 mark.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except Metal and Oil & Gas stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Eternal, Swiggy and Dabur India. On the other hand, the top losers were Kalyan Jewellers India, SRF and One 97 Communications. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 24900 - 25100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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