Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE, December 8, 2025: Indian benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty, are anticipated to open lower on Monday, reflecting mixed signals from global markets. At 7:11 AM, GIFT Nifty futures were trading 13 points down at 26,232.
Across Asia, markets presented a varied picture. Mainland China’s CSI 300 saw a 0.48 per cent gain, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dipped 0.07 per cent as investors awaited China’s November trade data.
Japan’s Nikkei slipped 0.32 per cent after revised figures revealed a sharper contraction in the Japanese economy between July and September than initially estimated. Official data indicated a third-quarter GDP fall at an annualised rate of 2.3 per cent, exceeding economists’ median forecast of a 2 per cent drop and a preliminary reading of a 1.8 per cent decline. Conversely, South Korea’s KOSPI registered a modest gain of 0.07 per cent.
Overnight, US equities closed higher, with the Dow Jones up 0.22 per cent, the S&P 500 gaining 0.19 per cent, and the Nasdaq rising 0.31 per cent. Stocks received a boost on Friday following the delayed release of September’s core personal consumption expenditures price index, which came in softer than economists had anticipated. This was one of the final significant economic releases before the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week, with the US Fed widely expected to announce its policy decision on Wednesday.
Domestically, IndiGo shares will be under scrutiny. The airline could face severe regulatory action if the aviation regulator DGCA concludes that it deliberately lacked sufficient pilots to implement revised pilot duty norms, according to legal experts. READ MORE
IPOs today:
SME: The basis of allotment for Shri Kanha Stainless Ltd. IPO will be finalised. Additionally, shares of five IPOs—Ravelcare, Clear Secured Services, Speb Adhesives, Invicta Diagnostic, and Astron Multigrain—will list today.
