Nine of India’s top-10 valued firms witnessed a collective decrease in their market capitalization by Rs 2.94 lakh crore, with TCS and Reliance Industries facing the most substantial drops during the truncated trading week due to the holidays. Bharti Airtel was the sole company to record an increase in its value. This bearish sentiment was mirrored in the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty indices, both displaying notable declines.