Benchmarks have relinquished all gains to trade in negative territory in late afternoon session due to spike in crude oil prices. The Brent crude oil prices were trading near the $116 a barrel mark amid escalating tensions in West Asia. Besides, capital outflows from foreign institutional investors (FIIs) kept investors on edge. FIIs were the net sellers on Monday’s session, offloading securities worth Rs 1,462.49 crore. In stock specific development, Bharti Airtel was trading with traction following addition of 26.92 lakh customers in September 2026, while Tata Consumer Products trade higher after its Q2 number beat street estimates.
On the global front, Asian equity markets were trading mixed as traders took a cautious stance ahead of the outcome of a slew of central bank meetings. European equity markets were trading lower as British banking giant HSBC posted disappointing earnings and French student leaders vowed to carry out further protests despite government concessions on education aimed at easing mounting unrest.
The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 73314.63, down by 292.12 points or 0.40% after trading in a range of 73179.41 and 73762.98. There were 12 stocks advancing against 18 stocks declining on the index.
The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Healthcare up by 2.35%, Telecom up by 1.73%, Utilities up by 1.51%, Realty up by 1.43%, Power up by 1.42%, while Bankex down by 0.71%, Energy down by 0.70%, FMCG down by 0.38%, Oil & Gas down by 0.29% and IT down by 0.27% were the losing indices on BSE.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Bharti Airtel up by 2.49%, Power Grid Corporation up by 2.33%, Maruti Suzuki India up by 1.61%, Bharat Electronics up by 1.60% and Trent up by 1.34%. On the flip side, Asian Paints down by 2.06%, Hindustan Unilever down by 1.97%, TCS down by 1.66%, ICICI Bank down by 1.46% and Bajaj Finance down by 1.11% were the top losers.
Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest report has showed that India's outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) commitments declined by 13.96% to $4,344.33 million in September 2026 as against $5,049.32 million in September 2025, with decline in loan and guarantee commitments.
In August 2026, OFDI commitments stood at $6,873.34 million. According to the report, equity commitments surged 25.98% to $3,266.96 million in September 2026, from $2,593.14 million in September 2025. However, they were 20.43% lower than $4,105.59 million equity commitments recorded in August 2026.
The report further noted that loan commitments stood at $549.16 million in September 2026, 44.03% down from $981.17 million in September 2025. Besides, guarantees issued also decreased sharply by 64.19% to $528.21 million in September 2026 from $1,475.01 million in September 2025.
The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 22678.95, down by 74.25 points or 0.33% after trading in a range of 22636.85 and 22829.75. There were 19 stocks advancing against 31 stocks declining on the index.
The top gainers on Nifty were Tata Consumer Products up by 5.67%, BSE up by 2.85%, Max Healthcare Institute up by 2.58%, Bharti Airtel up by 2.39% and Trent up by 1.98%. On the flip side, Grasim Industries down by 1.87%, Hindustan Unilever down by 1.85%, Adani Enterprises down by 1.83%, Asian Paints down by 1.71% and ITC down by 1.69% were the top losers.
Asian equity markets were trading mixed; Nikkei 225 surged 1175.35 points or 1.85% to 63,365.00, Taiwan Weighted added 54.8 points or 0.12% to 46,096.23 and KOSPI increased 168.87 points or 3% to 5,638.34, while Hang Seng declined 264.81 points or 1.15% to 22,947.00, Straits Times fell 15.48 points or 0.29% to 5,400.43, Shanghai Composite weakened 49.22 points or 1.35% to 3,648.30 and Jakarta Composite plunged 159.84 points or 3.07% to 5,213.25.
European equity markets were trading lower; UK’s FTSE 100 decreased 91.54 points or 0.85% to 10,675.79, France’s CAC fell 12.52 points or 0.16% to 7,834.80 and Germany’s DAX lost 4.94 points or 0.02% to 25,405.90.