Sensex 27 September 2025 - 18 November 2025

The Indian stock market paused for breath on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, as benchmark indices snapped a six-session winning streak amid a global tech-led sell-off and profit booking in key heavyweights. At the same time, Dalal Street’s obsession with new-age listings – PhysicsWallah, Emmvee Photovoltaic and Capillary Technologies – stayed front and centre.

Key Facts: Indian equity benchmarks slumped sharply last week. The BSE Sensex gave up roughly 2,587 points and the Nifty 50 fell about 672 points over six trading days upstox.com livemint.com. This was the worst weekly decline in nearly six months, erasing about 90% of the recent rally from early September upstox.com livemint.com. Markets were roiled by external shocks: U.S. President Trump announced 100% tariffs on imported branded/pharma products and hiked H-1B visa fees to $100,000 per worker. These policy moves hit India’s tech and pharma stocks hard. Sectorally, IT was the biggest laggard and Pharma also plunged upstox.com livemint.com. Mid- and small-cap indices underperformed as well. In all, about ₹16 lakh crore of market capitalization was wiped out upstox.com upstox.com.