India Stocks Review
End lower after choppy trade amid geopolitical tensions
This story was originally published at 16:27 IST on 12 August 2025
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By Simran Rede
MUMBAI – India's benchmark indices closed lower Tuesday after a choppy trade as investors played a cautious move in view of uncertainties over US tariffs. The Nifty 50 was dragged down by losses in index heavyweights such as HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Reliance Industries. However, some automobile and information technology companies provided some support to the 50-stock index.
The Nifty 50 closed at 24487.40, down 97.65 points or 0.4%, and the BSE Sensex closed at 80235.59, down 368.49 points or 0.5%. The fall in the Nifty 50 came as the heavyweight stocks reversed their gains in early trade. The market was less volatile Tuesday compared with Monday and the India VIX, the market's fear gauge, at 12.2325, up 0.1%. The indicator closed higher for the third consecutive session. Throughout the session, it swung between gains and losses.
"Market has taken a pause from its ongoing short-term down move post continued decline of six weeks," said Vipin Kumar, assistant vice-president of equity research and senior derivatives analyst at Globe Capital Market. "Markets generally behave in this manner post a sharp up or down move."
The market had "rebounded" Monday after six consecutive weeks of decline, analysts said. "Global market sentiments improved, following reports of US-Russia peace talks likely to be held this week, while Indian investors cheered FII (foreign institutional investors) inflows of INR 19.33 billion on Friday," Motilal Oswal Wealth Management said in a strategy report. Following this sharp rise on Monday, traders likely booked profits Tuesday, according to analysts.
The broader market indices closed on a mixed note, all small-cap indices ended higher and all mid-cap indices closed lower. The Nifty Smallcap 50 gained the most, up 0.2% and the Nifty Midcap 50 fell the most, down 0.4%. The equity-oriented mutual fund schemes recorded the highest-ever monthly net inflows, totalling to INR 427.02 billion in July, up from INR 235.87 billion in June, according to data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India Monday. Additionally, small-cap, mid-cap and large and mid-cap funds each recorded the highest ever monthly inflows within their respective sub-categories.
The sectoral indices were also a mixed bag, with health-related indices closing higher and those related to banking and financial services ending at the bottom of the pack. Nifty Pharma rose 0.7% and was the top gainer among the sectoral indices, while Nifty Financial Services fell over 1%. Nifty India Defence closed 1% lower and was among the biggest losers as investors booked profit after the sharp gains in these stocks seen Monday.
Most information technology and automobile stocks rose with Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, and Mahindra & Mahindra ending around 2% higher each, being the top gainers in the 50-stock index. Alkem Laboratories closed over 6% higher and was the top gainer in Nifty 200 after reporting a rise in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter against a fall expected by the Street. SJVN rose over 5% despite the company reporting weak results for the quarter Monday. More
Sonata Software ended over 13% higher and was the top gainer in the Nifty 500 amid a sharp rise in trading volumes. Over 40 million shares of the company changed hands on the NSE, sharply higher than 1.96 million shares traded Monday. The stock rose after falling for six of the seven sessions.
Astral was the worst hit in the Nifty 200 and Nifty 500. The stock closed over 8% lower after its bottom line and sales for the June quarter fell on year and missed analyst estimates. The company cited fluctuations in its raw materials, losses in inventories, and impacted realisations in the plumbing segment for the fall in the bottom line and the top line. Rail Vikas Nigam fell nearly 4% after its Apr-Jun net profit and revenue fell on year due to doubling of its other expenses.
Praj Industries closed over 7% lower after hitting an over two-year low level intraday. The stock was the second worst hit in the Nifty 500. The company reported a 94% on-year decline in net profit for the June quarter. The company posted a weak quarterly performance, citing a 10% decline in order intake and a 10% rise in order backlog.
Grasim came off lows and closed 0.7% lower. The stock traded ex-dividend for the first time from the current session. Highway Infrastructure rose over 72% at INR 120.75 after listing at INR 115. The stock listed at a premium of 64% to the issue price of INR 70.
* Of the Nifty 50 stocks, 19 rose and 31 fell
* Of the Sensex stocks, 11 rose and 19 fell
* On the NSE, 1,422 stocks rose, 1,544 fell, and 98 were unchanged
* On the BSE, 2,068 stocks rose, 1,973 fell, and 163 were unchanged
* Nifty Financial Services: down 1.0%; Nifty India Defence: down 1.0%; Nifty Pharma: up 0.7%
BSE NSE
Sensex: 80235.59, down 368.49 points or 0.5% Nifty 50: 24487.40, down 97.65 points or 0.4%
S&P BSE Sensitive Index | Nifty 50 |
Lifetime High: 85978.25 (Sept. 27, 2024) | : Lifetime High: 26277.35 (Sept. 27, 2024) |
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: 84058.90 (Jun. 27) | : 2025 Closing High: 25637.80 (Jun. 27) |
2025 Closing Low: 72989.93 (Mar. 4) | : 2025 Closing Low: 22082.65 (Mar. 4) |
2025 High (intraday): 84099.53 (Jun. 30) | : 2025 High (intraday): 25669.35 (Jun. 30) |
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 Akul Nishant Akhoury
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