At 10:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 613.73 points or 0.80% to 76,949.17. The Nifty 50 index fell 153.15 points or 0.64% to 23,844.20.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index shed 0.17% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index rose 0.10%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 1,953 shares rose and 1,791 shares fell. A total of 210 shares were unchanged.

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 3.32% to 20.35.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty realty index fell 1.33% to 735.80. The index climbed 14.52% in the past five consecutive trading sessions.

Anant Raj (down 2.68%), Brigade Enterprises (down 2.56%), DLF (down 2.11%), Phoenix Mills (down 1.87%), Prestige Estates Projects (down 1.84%), Lodha Developers (down 1.83%), Godrej Properties (down 1.45%), Aditya Birla Real Estate (down 1.34%), Sobha (down 1.22%) and Oberoi Realty (down 0.90%) advanced.

Stocks in Spotlight:

Premier Energies shed 0.04%. The company said that it has received orders for supply of 1,600 MW solar cells and modules in Q4 FY 2026, which is worth Rs 2,577 crore.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals slipped 0.40%. The company said it has received final USFDA approval for its Progesterone Vaginal Inserts, 100 mg, deemed bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to Endometrin Vaginal Inserts, 100 mg of Ferring Pharmaceuticals.