Sensex Drops 504 Points, Nifty Below 25,700 as Profit-Booking Hits Market

• Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty snapped a three-session winning streak, closing in the red due to profit-booking.
• BSE Sensex fell 504 points to 83,314, and NSE Nifty50 declined 133 points to 25,643, both down over 0.5%.
• Hindalco, Eternal, Bharti Airtel, BEL, and SBI Life were top Nifty laggards; market breadth remained negative with a 1:2 advance-decline ratio.
• IT and Metal stocks faced pressure, with Hindustan Zinc tumbling 5% after silver prices slumped 11%.
• Trent, Page Industries, IOC, and Cummins India were among the gainers, while PB Fintech surged 8% and Tube Investments plunged 10%.