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Nifty Plunges 2% This Week, FIIs Offload Over Rs 26,000 Crore Amid Market Selloff

Moneycontrol•01-10-2026, 15:20

•The Nifty slipped 2% this week, with Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloading over Rs 26,000 crore.
•Markets are set to fall for the eighth consecutive week, despite a minor recovery on Thursday.
•The Nifty rebounded 100 points from its day's low but remained down over 200 points, trading below the 22,400 mark.
•Market breadth worsened, and the VIX jumped 10%, with all sectoral indices except IT trading in the red.
•Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki, and M&M were among the top Nifty 50 losers, while HDFC Life, Infosys, and TCS saw gains.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded over Rs 26,000 crore.

Barring IT, all sectoral indices traded in the red, making IT the sole exception during the tepid Thursday session.

The top gainers among Nifty 50 stocks were HDFC Life, Infosys, and TCS, while the top losers included Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki, and M&M.