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Sensex today | Stock Market Highlights, Friday, January 9, 2026: On Friday, Indian benchmark indices continued to slide for the fifth consecutive session, marking the biggest weekly drop since September 2025. Real estate, consumer durables, and auto companies led Friday’s selloff.
At market close, the Sensex was at 83,576.24, down 604.72 points or 0.72 percent, while the NSE Nifty50 was at 25,683.30, down 193.55 points or 0.75 percent.
On a weekly basis, the Nifty and Sensex lost 2.45% and 2.4%, respectively, marking the worst performance since September 26, 2025. Meanwhile, the volatility index, India VIX, rose 15.6% this week, the most since May 2025.
The top gainers on the Sensex index were Asian Paints, HCL Tech, BEL, Eternal, RIL, and SBI, while the top losers were NTPC, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, and Sun Pharma.
In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 0.79 percent and 1.81 percent, respectively. Hitachi Energy India, GE Vernova and T&D, Elecon Engineering Company, Indian Energy Exchange, and Godrej Properties were among the worst performing stocks in the overall market.
The Nifty Realty (down 2.2%) and Nifty Chemicals (down 1.16%) indices bore the brunt of the losses. On the other hand, the Nifty Oil & Gas and Nifty IT led gains.
Source: BS
