Stock market today, Nov. 14 -- At first glance, it appears that the likely landslide victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Bihar election 2025 has failed to cheer the Indian stock market. Trends at 11.45 am on Friday showed the NDA was leading on 185 seats and the Mahagathbandhan on 54. The trend is in line with market expectations of an NDA victory in the assembly elections. After the bumper voting turnout, most exit polls had predicted a decisive victory for the NDA.

However, the vote-count trends have failed to boost market sentiment. Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 400 points to hit an intraday low of 84,042.75, while the Nifty 50 slipped by half a per cent to hit the 25,751.70 on the downside. In the previous...