📉 Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates – Friday, July 18, 2025

🔻 Markets Poised to End Week Deep in the Red

• Indian equity markets are on track to close another week lower.
• The Nifty has dropped over 170 points, slipping below the 25,000 mark for the first time in a month.
• The Sensex has also plunged over 500 points, trading under the 82,000 level.

🏦 Banking Stocks Drag Indices

• The Nifty Bank Index is down nearly 1% (approx. 500 points).
• The slide is driven by Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank, following disappointing earnings.

📉 Top Losers

• Among the Nifty 500, major laggards include:
  • Clean Science
  • Newgen Software
  • Axis Bank
• These stocks are reacting sharply to their Q1 results.

📈 Few Gainers Amid the Decline

• Saregama and JK Cement are among the few bright spots, managing to stay in the green despite the broader sell-off.

📊 Volume Buzzers

• Stocks witnessing unusually high trading volumes today:
  • Saregama
  • Tata Communications
  • Clean Science
  • Afcons Infrastructure
  • Godrej Agrovet