New Delhi, August 29(HS): The Indian stock market opened under pressure today, with both the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty showing modest declines in early trading on August 29, 2025. The Sensex started the day down by 69.74 points at 80,010.83 but momentarily surged to 80,277.68 amid initial buying support. However, selling pressure soon returned, pulling the index down again to trade at 80,073.16, reflecting a slight decline of 7.41 points by 10 AM.

Similarly, the Nifty opened lower at 24,466.70, down 34.20 points, rallied nearly 100 points to 24,564.35 on early buying, only to fall back and trade marginally weaker at 24,490.55 by 10 AM, slipping 10.35 points. Market breadth showed mixed sentiments, with over 1,100 stocks in the green and nearly 1,000 in the red out of 2,111 actively traded shares.

Among top Sensex gainers at 10 AM were Trent Limited, Kotak Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, and Tata Consumer Products, each firming between 1.01% and 1.65%. On the downside, stocks like NTPC, Tata Motors, ONGC, Titan Company, and Apollo Hospital faced selling pressure, declining between 0.60% and 0.82%.

The previous day, the market concluded on a weaker note, with the Sensex dropping 705.97 points (0.87%) to close at 80,080.57 and the Nifty slipping 211.15 points (0.85%) to end at 24,500.90. Investors remain cautious amid ongoing global tariff concerns and the impact on sectors, reflecting nervous trading sentiment on Dalal Street today.

Overall, the market is witnessing a delicate balance between intermittent buying and persistent selling, indicating indecision among investors in the face of external economic uncertainties and recent tariff-related pressures.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar