Overview

• Nifty closed at 24,426.85 (-0.30%) and Sensex at 79,809.6 (-0.34%) after a third straight decline, marking the steepest weekly drop since early April.
• Foreign portfolio investors were net sellers of about ₹8,092.9 crore on Friday and roughly ₹20,731.98 crore for the week, taking August outflows to around ₹34,993 crore.
• Domestic institutions bought approximately ₹10,925.34 crore on Friday, providing support that was not enough to offset the week’s losses.
• BSE market capitalisation fell by about ₹10 lakh crore over the week to roughly ₹443.65 lakh crore, as mid- and small-caps recorded their sharpest weekly losses in months.
• Reliance Industries was among the key drags, while market commentary highlighted tariff uncertainty as a risk for labour‑intensive exporters such as textiles, leather, footwear and shrimp.