India's Stocks Fall for a Fifth Straight Session as High Oil and the Iran War Weigh

India's stock market fell for a fifth straight session on Friday, 24 July 2026. The Sensex dropped 331.62 points (0.43%) to 76,059.77 and the Nifty 50 slid 102.15 points (0.43%) to 23,767.45.

Elevated oil prices (Brent topped $100 earlier this week) and the continuing US-Iran war pressured auto, metal and energy stocks, while IT and media shares outperformed. India is one of the world's largest oil importers, and its crude import bill has surged as prices climbed amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis.