Finance
Stock Market Highlights, Tuesday, January 27, 2026: Improved market mood following the announcement of the bilateral trade agreements between India and the European Union (EU) helped India’s main equity indexes settle higher after a volatile session on Tuesday.
By removing or lowering tariffs on 96.6% of EU goods exports to India, the agreement is anticipated to treble EU goods exports to India by 2032. In the meantime, 99.5% of goods imported from India will have their tariffs removed or reduced by the EU.
At market close, the Sensex was up 0.39 percent, or 319.78 points, at 81,857.48, while the Nifty 50 was up 0.51 percent, or 126.75 points, at 25,175.40.
M&M, Asian Paints, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Eternal, ITC, and Maruti Suzuki India were some of the biggest draggers in the Sensex pack, falling as much as 4%. With increases of up to 5%, Axis Bank, Adani Ports, NTPC, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, and SBI led the BSE’s gains.
The Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100, two of the larger indices, finished up by 0.59 percent and 0.41 percent, respectively.
On the sectoral front, the Nifty Auto index was down 0.9% on Tuesday, the Nifty Media index closed lower by 1.4%, while the Nifty Metal index outperformed others, closing up by 3%.
Source: BS
