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Informist, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025

 

By Arya S. Biju

 

MUMBAI – The Nifty 50 index closed largely flat after a choppy session due to weak sentiment across the global markets. The rupee's rise against the dollar for the second day helped limit the fall of the indices, but expectations of the rupee falling further continued to weigh on market sentiment. Though foreign portfolio investors bought domestic equities for the first time in December on Wednesday, analysts remain cautious as they wait to see if the trend persists.

 

The Nifty 50 settled at 25815.55, just 3 points lower than Wednesday's close. During the session, the index fell below its immediate support level of 25750 points, but managed to close above the 25800 level. Weakness in automobile stocks kept the index under pressure, offsetting the gains in information technology and financial services stocks. The BSE Sensex closed at 84481.81, down 77.84 points.

 

Global equity markets were down because of a sell-off in artificial intelligence-related stocks due to lingering concerns over returns from capital expenditure on AI, reports of Oracle Corp's primary investor pulling back funding for a data centre project, and a shift towards defensive sectors. Most Asian indices closed lower tracking weak global cues. Investors are waiting for US inflation data for November and the outcome of Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting that will conclude on Friday. 

 

The rupee rose against the dollar Thursday, building on its positive momentum from the previous day, as state-owned banks sold dollars, likely on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India. The Indian currency ended the session at 90.2400 a dollar, against Wednesday's close of 90.3800 a dollar. Weakness in the rupee against the dollar has been one of the primary reasons for the recent decline in the stock market. Both the Nifty 50 and Sensex have fallen nearly 1% each in the past four sessions. 

 

Foreign portfolio investors turned net buyers Wednesday for the first time in December and bought Indian equities worth INR 11.72 billion. Foreign investors had been net sellers in the Indian equity market for 14 straight sessions till Tuesday. Domestic investors continued to be net buyers and Wednesday bought stocks worth INR 7.69 billion.

 

Overall market breadth showed slight improvement, with most broader market indices outperforming the benchmarks. Barring the Nifty Smallcap 250, all other broader market indices closed the session up 0.1-0.5%. However, most sectoral indices closed in the red, except for Nifty IT, Nifty Consumer Durables, Nifty Realty, Nifty Metal, Nifty PSU Bank, and Nifty Financial Services.

 

Most information technology stocks rose ahead of the earnings announcement by US-based IT giant Accenture. The company's results are monitored by investors as they provide clues about Indian companies' performance in coming quarters. The IT major is widely expected to report a 4.7% on-year growth in revenue to $18.53 billion for the latest quarter. The Nifty IT index closed higher by over 1%, with most of its constituents ending the session in the green. Shares of the domestic industry bellwether Tata Consultancy Services closed 2% higher after the company disclosed its earnings from artificial intelligence services. The company earns $1.5 billion in annualised revenue from AI-related services, Chief Executive Officer K. Krithivasan said at its Analyst Day 2025 meeting on Wednesday.

 

Shares of several capital market companies rose after the Securities and Exchange Board of India's board Wednesday cut the limit of transaction charges paid by mutual fund houses lower than that proposed by the regulator in its consultation paper in October. Shares of Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, and Nuvama Wealth Management closed 1.8-4.1% higher. The markets regulator on Wednesday decided to reduce the limit of charges paid to brokerages to 6 basis points, excluding statutory levies, of order value for cash market transactions. Earlier, the same was 8.69 bps excluding statutory levies and 12 bps including levies. This is positive for capital market companies as the consultation paper had proposed to cut the limit to 2 bps.

 

Meanwhile, shares of most automobile companies fell Thursday, with the Nifty Auto index falling 0.6%. The index fell for the fourth straight session. It has fallen nearly 2% in this period. Samvardhana Motherson International, Uno Minda, Exide Industries, and Tube Investments of India were the worst hit in the sectoral index.

 

Among individual stocks, InterGlobe Aviation rose nearly 3% to a high of INR 5,140 after media reports said the company's Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers told employees that "the worst is behind us" and urged staff to avoid speculation. Earlier this month, the company's airline IndiGo faced operational disruptions due to shortage of crew following the enforcement of new flight duty time limitation rules, leading to cancellation of hundreds of flights.

 

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries fell over 3?ter the US Food and Drug Administration classified its facility at Baska in Gujarat as 'official action indicated' following an inspection of the facility between Sept. 8 and Sept. 19.

 

* Of the Nifty 50 stocks, 25 rose, 24 fell, and 1 was unchanged

* Of the Sensex stocks, 13 rose and 17 fell

* On the NSE, 1,271 stocks rose, 1,824 fell, and 114 were unchanged

* On the BSE, 1,629 stocks rose, 2,509 fell, and 194 were unchanged

* Nifty Media: down 1.3%; Nifty Energy: down 0.8%; Nifty IT: up 1.2%

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BSE                                                NSE

Sensex: 84481.81, down 77.84 points or 0.09%       Nifty 50: 25815.55, down 3 points or 0.01%

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S&P BSE Sensitive Index	Nifty 50
Lifetime High: 86159.02 (Dec. 1, 2025)	: Lifetime High: 26325.80 (Dec. 1, 2025)
Record Close High: 85836.12 (Sept. 26, 2024)	: Record Close High: 26216.05 (Sept. 26, 2024)
2025 1st day close: 78507.41 (Jan. 1)	: 2025 1st day close: 23742.90 (Jan. 1)
2025 Closing High: 85720.38 (Nov. 27)	: 2025 Closing High: 26215.55 (Nov. 27)
2025 Closing Low: 72989.93 (Mar. 4)	: 2025 Closing Low: 22082.65 (Mar. 4)
2025 High (intraday): 86159.02 (Dec. 1)	: 2025 High (intraday): 26325.80 (Dec.1)
2025 Low (intraday): 71425.01 (Apr. 7)	: 2025 Low (intraday): 21743.65 (Apr. 7)
2024 1st day close: 72271.94 (Jan. 1)	: 2024 1st day close: 21741.90 (Jan. 1)
2024 Closing High: 85836.12 (Sept. 26)	: 2024 Closing High: 26216.05 (Sept. 26)
2024 Closing Low: 70370.55 (Jan. 23)	: 2024 Closing Low: 21238.80 (Jan. 23)
2024 High (intraday): 85978.25 (Sep. 27)	: 2024 High (intraday): 26277.35 (Sept. 27)
2024 Low (intraday): 70001.60 (Jan. 24)	: 2024 Low (intraday): 21137.20 (Jan. 24)
2023 1st day close: 61167.79 (Jan. 2)	: 2023 1st day close: 18197.45 (Jan. 2)
2023 Closing High: 72410.38 (Dec. 28)	: 2023 Closing High: 21778.70 (Dec. 28)
2023 Closing Low: 59288.35 (Feb. 27)	: 2023 Closing Low: 17311.80 (Oct. 17)
2023 High (intraday): 72484.34 (Dec. 28)	: 2023 High (intraday): 21801.45 (Dec. 28)
2023 Low (intraday): 58699.20 (Jan. 30)	: 2023 Low (intraday): 17098.55 (Jan. 17)
2022 1st day close: 59183.22 (Jan. 3)	: 2022 1st day close: 17625.70 (Jan. 3)
2022 Closing High: 63284.19 (Dec. 1)	: 2022 Closing High: 18812.50 (Dec. 1)
2022 Closing Low: 51360.42 (Jun. 17)	: 2022 Closing Low: 15293.50 (Jun. 17)
2022 High (intraday): 63583.07 (Dec. 1)	: 2022 High (intraday): 18887.60 (Dec. 1)
2022 Low (intraday): 50921.22 (Jun. 17)	: 2022 Low (intraday): 15183.40 (Jun. 17)
2021 Closing High: 61305.95 (Oct. 14)	: 2021 Closing High: 18338.55 (Oct. 14)
2021 Closing Low: 46285.77 (Jan. 29)	: 2021 Closing Low: 13634.60 (Jan. 29)
2021 High (intraday): 61353.25 (Oct. 14)	: 2021 High (intraday): 18350.75 (Oct. 14)
2021 Low (intraday): 46160.46 (Jan. 29)	: 2021 Low (intraday): 13596.75 (Jan. 29)
2020 Closing High: 47751.33 (Dec. 31)	: 2020 Closing High: 13981.95 (Dec. 30)
2020 Closing Low: 25981.24 (Mar. 23)	: 2020 Closing Low: 7610.25 (Mar. 23)
2020 High (intraday): 47896.97 (Dec. 31)	: 2020 High (intraday): 14024.85 (Dec. 31)
2020 Low (intraday): 25638.90 (Mar. 24)	: 2020 Low (intraday): 7511.10 (Mar. 24)
2019 High (intraday): 41809.96 (Dec. 20)	: 2019 High (intraday): 12293.90 (Dec. 20)
2019 Low (intraday): 35287.16 (Feb. 19)	: 2019 Low (intraday): 10583.65 (Jan. 29)
2018 High (intraday): 38938.91(Aug. 28))	: 2018 High(intraday): 11760.20 (Aug. 28)
2018 Low (intraday): 32483.8 (Mar. 23)	: 2018 Low (intraday): 9951.9 (Mar. 23)
2017 High (intraday): 34005.37 (Dec. 26)	: 2017 High(intraday): 10515.10 (Dec. 26)

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Edited by Ashish Shirke

 

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