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Share Market Closed: Share market falls after three days of rally; Defense stocks hit

Samira Vishwas | February 5, 2026 8:24 PM CST

Indian stock markets closed lower today
Sensex fell by 503 points
Pressure in midcap-smallcap markets

Share Market Closed: Indian stock markets closed lower on Thursday, February 5. The Sensex ended the day down 503.76 points, or 0.60 percent, at 83,313.93 and the Nifty closed down 133.20 points, or 0.52 percent, at 25,642.80. Defense stocks led the decline, with HAL down 4.31 percent, Data Patterns down 3.63 percent and Scient DLM down 3.34 percent. Among the market indices, Nifty India Defense fell 2.10 percent, Nifty Metals 1.02 percent, Nifty Consumer Durables 0.82 percent, Nifty India Manufacturing 0.59 percent and Nifty Consumption 0.59 percent. Nifty PSU Bank gained 0.38 percent and Nifty Healthcare gained 0.14 percent.

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The midcap and smallcap indices of the market also closed in the red today. The Nifty Midcap 100 index fell 166.50 points, or 0.28 percent, to close at 59,517.10 and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index fell 221.20 points, or 1.20 percent, to 16,983.90. Weakness was also seen in the broader market. 1,737 shares closed in the green on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE); 2,447 shares closed in red and 158 shares remained unchanged. Meanwhile, the Indian rupee appreciated against the US dollar. Which is a positive thing.

The rupee rose by 0.20 paise or 0.22 percent to 90.30 against the dollar. This was due to the weakening of the dollar and the decline in commodity prices. In addition, the US-India trade agreement is appreciating the rupee against the dollar. Also, the future movement of the rupee against the dollar will also depend on the RBI’s monetary policy to be announced on Friday. Experts say so.

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Gold fell by around Rs 7,000 to close at Rs 1,53,000 on the day, while silver closed by around Rs 26,000 on the day at Rs 2,68,850. However, in global markets, gold rose by almost $100, while silver gained 7 percent.