Sensex falls over 100 pts, Nifty below 25,450; IT, pharma stocks top laggards

Indian benchmark indices experienced a dip on Thursday, influenced by IT sector weakness offsetting gains in financial stocks. Investors are closely monitoring potential US trade deals and the start of the earnings season, with TCS's results anticipated. Asian markets showed slight gains, seemingly unfazed by Trump's tariff announcements, while FIIs and DIIs were net buyers.