New Delhi, March 2 -- The benchmark indices continued their decline for the third straight week. Over the week, the Sensex dropped 2,112.96 points (2.80%), while the Nifty fell 671.2 points (2.94%). In February, the Nifty has declined by 1,383.7 points (5.88%), and the Sensex has shed 4,302.47 points (5.55%).

The Sensex and Nifty 50 recorded their steepest intraday decline of 2025, marking eight consecutive days of losses due to sustained foreign capital outflows and weak global signals. The indices also ended lower for the fifth straight month, reaching their lowest levels since June 2024, largely impacted by US tariffs on global trade.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes that the overall Indian stock market ...