Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty falls below 26,250 as market declines to day's low

The Nifty 50 index fell further, now trading below the 26,250 mark.

The NIfty Midcap Index is also under pressure, as it dipped to red.

Real GDP is predicted to increase to 7.5% in FY26, indicating an improvement in India’s growth pace. Beyond that, however, as global uncertainties begin to mount, the prognosis becomes less assured. Economists are evenly divided on FY27. While the other half thinks India can still produce 7% or more, the other half sees growth slowing down to about 6.5%.

Ruchit Jain, Equity Technical Research, Wealth Management, Motilal Oswal Financial Services

Buy Marico with a stop loss of ₹750 and a target of ₹820

Buy UNO Minda with a stop loss of ₹1,300 and a target of ₹1,420

The Nifty 50 index has fallen to the day’s lows, falling 100 points from day’s high.

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The Nifty Bank index fell from the highs, dropping over 300 points from the day’s peak to turn red.

The shares of the makers of Royal Enfield, Eicher Motors, surged to hit the 52-week high mark in today’s trade.

The shares of the country’s largest automaker, Maruti Suzuki, surged over 46% in the last year to hit 52-week high.

The shares of FMCG giant Nestle surged by over 2%, hitting the 52-week high.

According to Ashok Chandra, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Punjab National Bank (PNB), the bank is on track to exceed its full-year, 2025–26 (FY26), loan growth guidance of 11–12%, thanks to robust credit momentum and a quickly growing corporate loan pipeline.

The shares of Gandhar Oil surged by over 12% as crude oil prices traded around $60 per barrel.

Despite releasing a positive quarterly report for the December quarter earlier in the day, shares of HDFC Bank Ltd. are among the biggest losers on the Nifty 50 index on Monday, January 5.

Sudeep Shah, Head of Technical & Derivative Research, SBI Securities

The shares of Blue Star rose with other AC stocks, jumping by over 2%.

Network18, India’s largest news network, has renewed its long-standing partnership with CNN International for its flagship English news channel, CNN-News18, extending the brand and content licensing agreement for another decade.

Along with other AC stocks like Voltas, PG Electroplast also surged.

‘Q3 numbers in-line with strategic objectives; we are optimistic on FY26 outlook. With pvt capex picking up, corporates can show better demand,’ says Prashant Kumar, of Yes Bank to CNBC-TV18

Investors are eager to see what the markets will look like as the new year gets underway. CNBC-TV18 asked experts what they anticipate for 2026 and which variables are likely to be most important in order to measure expectations. These are the main conclusions and what the market is actually getting ready for.

Capital Stock names off lows, Angel One & BSE Ltd, sharply off intra-day lows by over 2% each

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) stated in its most recent annual report that although health insurance rates continued to rise in 2024–2025, the increase did not entirely translate into proportionate improvements in coverage quality and protection results.

Despite continued global uncertainty, Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) anticipates that India’s development trajectory will continue to be robust in 2026 because to growing valuation comfort across asset classes, easing monetary conditions, and lowering inflation.

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The shares of Sobha surged by over 4% as realty stocks found momentum in the day’s trade.

Nagaraj Shetti, Senior Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities

On SBI

Technically very strong and SBI has moved up above the hurdle of around ₹985-990 levels. I am expecting this stock to move further highs. I am waiting for SBI to move to around ₹1,050 levels in the next couple of weeks.

Even as the benchmark indices progressed on a volatile path, the Nifty Realty index held on to a stable end.

The Nifty FMCG Index is trading in green after the ITC-led decline made sure that the index started 2026 on a low note.