The Indian stock market closed in the red on Tuesday as profit-booking and cautious global sentiment weighed on investor confidence, with the Nifty fifty slipping zero point six four percent to twenty-five thousand five hundred ninety-eight and the Sensex declining zero point six two percent to eighty-three thousand four hundred fifty-nine. The rupee strengthened to eighty-eight point sixty-five against the US dollar, providing some relief after recent weakness. Top gainers included Titan Company, which surged two point three percent on impressive quarterly earnings, and Hitachi Energy India, which jumped thirteen point five two percent following a five hundred percent profit surge, while Power Grid Corporation, Eternal, and Adani Enterprises emerged as the day's biggest losers amid broad-based selling pressure. Metals and IT sectors underperformed due to soft global demand and tech sector concerns, though telecom and consumer durables showed defensive resilience. SEBI announced regulatory changes to strengthen risk management and brokerbroker oversight following recent MCX technical disruptions, impacting market infrastructure sentiment. Commodity markets saw gold prices ease to one hundred twenty thousand nine hundred thirty-two rupees per ten grams and silver decline to one hundred forty-six thousand three hundred five rupees per kilogram, while crude oil softened to sixty dollars and seven cents per barrel as OPEC plus signaled a production pause from January. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Iran-US friction remained in focus, maintaining cautious sentiment as traders watch for stabilization signals ahead of tomorrow's session.