India's top stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined sharply in early trade on Monday, December 8, 2025. The BSE Sensex dropped 316.52 points or 0.37% to 85,395.85, while the NSE Nifty fell 106.70 points or 0.41% to 26,079.75. Losses were led by services and realty stocks. Bajaj Finance, Bharat Electronics, Axis Bank, and Maruti Suzuki were among those falling. On the upside, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Reliance Industries, and Tata Consultancy Services gained. V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Investments, said, "Emerging positive and negative news have the potential to keep the market volatile in the near-term. Robust economic growth and indications of earnings growth revival are supportive of markets." He highlighted the strong GDP growth of 8.2% in Q2 and RBI's GDP forecast of 7.3% for FY26. He also noted that earnings growth of about 15% is expected for FY27. However, he cautioned that the "sustained depreciation of the rupee has been forcing FIIs to sell in the market continuously." Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equities worth ₹438.90 crore on Friday, December 5, 2025, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth ₹4,189.17 crore, according to exchange data. Meanwhile, Asian markets mostly rose, with Japan's Nikkei 225 and South Korea's Kospi trading higher. US markets ended higher on Friday, helped by softer inflation and hopes of Federal Reserve rate cuts. Brent crude oil prices rose slightly by 0.13% to $63.83 per barrel. On the previous Friday, the Sensex had gained 447.05 points and Nifty added 152.70 points. The market now watches key events like the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting for further direction.