Share Market Fall: A tremendous decline is being seen in the Indian stock market on Thursday 29th January. After the continuous rise for the last two days, the stock market slipped today. The Sensex fell by 525 points during the trading day.
At the same time, Nifty 50 was also trading at the red mark and reached the level of 25,200. The reasons behind this decline are believed to be profit-booking, US Fed’s interest rate decisions and global signals. Let us know about the reasons for this decline….
1. US Fed kept interest rates unchanged
The US Federal Reserve announced no change in interest rates in its recent meeting. After cutting the interest rates by 0.25 per cent three times in a row, the Fed has now decided to keep the interest rates in the range of 3.50 to 3.75 per cent.
According to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, the American economy is currently in a strong position. But inflation has not yet come under complete control. In such a situation, further rate cuts may be put on hold in the future.
2. Effect of profit booking visible
There was a continuous rise in the Indian stock market for the last two trading days. However, today investors started taking profits in the stock market. Due to which there was pressure on the market.
In the last two days, Sensex and Nifty had risen by about 1 percent. After which a period of selling started in the shares of IT, Auto and FMCG sectors. Due to this, a decline is being seen in the trading session.
3. Weakness of global markets
The effect of weak signals from global markets is also being seen on the domestic stock market today. Japan’s Nikkei 225 and China’s Shanghai Composite Index were trading with a decline. At the same time, the American stock market also closed flat last night. Due to which the Indian stock market could not get any significant positive signal from the global markets.
4. Investors’ concern increased in the market
The effect of increasing uncertainty in the stock market was clearly visible on the India VIX index on Thursday’s trading day. It reached 14.03 points with a rise of about 4 percent. Generally, a jump in VIX is considered a sign of nervousness and caution among investors. From which it becomes clear that in the current situation, caution has increased in the market regarding trading.
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