Nifty Defence stocks dropped by 1.46% with significant declines in Paras Defence, Garden Reach Shipbuilders, and Bharat Electronics.
Paras Defence witnessed the steepest decline of 7.84% in share price, followed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Bharat Electronics.
Other notable declines in the Nifty Defence index included Astra Microwave, Bharat Dynamics, and Mazagon Dock, while DCX Systems saw an increase in share price.
Market indices gave up opening gains with Nifty 50 and Sensex trading lower, despite initial gains in the market.