The stock market went into the red upon open on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, dragged down by mid and small cap healthcare, real estate, and consumer durables stocks. The market had experienced a severe crash in the previous trading session.

Dalal Street opened cautiously on Wednesday amid weak earnings, US trade policy concerns, and FII selling. Sensex dipped over 100 points, while Nifty fell below 23,050.

The turmoil in the Indian equity market shows no signs of relief, as it extended its losing streak to a sixth consecutive session, with small and midcap stocks bearing the brunt of the decline. The continuous selling pressure over the past two months has pushed the broader market into bear territory,

Sensex crashed more than 850 points on Wednesday (Feb12) to slip below 76,000. At 10:30 AM, Sensex was down 716 points or 0.94 per cent at 75,576. The Nifty 50 index traded 212 points or 0.92 per cent lower at 22859.

Indian equity indices fell for the fifth day, driven down by banking, auto, metal, and IT stocks. Contributing factors include U.S. trade policy, weak earnings, and foreign investor selling. President Trump's tariff hike on steel and aluminum,

The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 1018.20 points or 1.32 per cent to settle at Rs 76293.60. The NSE Nifty declined 309.80 points or 1.32 per cent to close at Rs 23071.80.

Asian Paints, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Coal India, DLF, Hero MotoCorp, IOC, Jio Financial Services, PNB, REC, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors and REC Ltd were some largecap stocks hitting their 52-week lows today.