{"id":1700,"date":"2026-02-19T22:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:20:41","slug":"sensex-nifty-log-sharpest-fall-in-over-2-weeks-amid-global-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=1700","title":{"rendered":"Sensex, Nifty log sharpest fall in over 2-weeks amid global tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" data-id=\"1701\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sensex-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sensex-2-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sensex-2-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mumbai, Indian benchmark indices witnessed heavy selling pressure on Thursday, recording their sharpest decline in more than two weeks as rising geopolitical tensions and higher crude oil prices hurt investor sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sensex closed at 82,498.14, down 1,236.11 points or 1.48 per cent. The Nifty settled at 25,454.35, falling 365 points or 1.41 per cent. The benchmarks posted their worst single-day fall since February 1 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technically, price action slipped below the short-term support band of 25,645\u201325,660, which coincided with the 20-day EMA, experts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce this support gave way, selling pressure accelerated modestly, dragging the index toward the 25,350\u201325,400 support region and breaching previous short-term demand levels,\u201d an analyst stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market decline was largely driven by rising crude oil prices and escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, which increased global uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors also booked profits in heavyweights from the banking and FMCG sectors, adding to the downward pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All 30 stocks in the Sensex ended in the red. Shares of IndiGo, M&amp;M, UltraTech Cement, Trent and BEL were among the top losers, slipping up to 3.2 per cent during the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broader markets also remained under pressure. The Nifty Midcap 100 index ended 1.59 per cent lower, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 index fell 1.27 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sector-wise, Nifty Realty, Nifty Media and Nifty Auto were the worst performers, each declining around 2 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nifty FMCG as well as private and public sector bank indices also dropped more than 1 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors continued to trim their exposure to Indian equities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first half of February, FPIs sold information technology stocks worth Rs 10,956 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite an overall inflow of Rs 29,709 crore into Dalal Street during the same period, IT stocks saw the biggest selling pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Market experts said investors are likely to remain cautious in the near term due to global uncertainties and volatility in crude oil prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Gold traded positive after US-Iran talks failed to yield a constructive outcome, reigniting military tensions and prompting fresh safe-haven buying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai, Indian benchmark indices witnessed heavy selling pressure on Thursday, recording their sharpest decline in more than two weeks as rising geopolitical tensions and higher crude oil prices hurt investor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-display","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1702,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions\/1702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}