All Sectors Trade in Red, Financials and Private Banks Lead Losses

Every sector ended the day in the red as risk aversion took hold. The Nifty Financial Services index fell more than 2%, while the Nifty Private Bank index also dropped over 2%, marking the steepest declines among sectoral benchmarks. Metals slipped 1.96%, autos 1.57%, PSU banks 1.13%, realty 1.10% and FMCG 1.08%. Among individual stocks, HDFC Life, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank and Bajaj Finserv recorded the sharpest falls, while the broader Nifty 50 saw losses across all constituents except SIPLA, ONGC and NTPC.