Nine of India’s top-10 valued firms witnessed a collective market capitalization decline of Rs 2.94 lakh crore, with TCS and Reliance Industries facing the most substantial drops during the holiday-shortened week. Bharti Airtel was the sole company to record a gain amidst this downturn. This bearish trend extended to the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, as both indices registered significant declines.