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Informist, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025

 

By Anshul Choudhary

 

MUMBAI – In the two days following the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting, benchmark indices recouped some of the fall seen in the first three days of the week. Despite rising 1% in the two sessions, the indices ended lower on a weekly basis because of selling pressure at higher levels due to high stock valuations and delay in India-US trade deal.

 

The Nifty 50 Friday rose nearly 150 points or 0.6% to end the session at 26046.95 points. The Sensex rose 449.53 points or 0.5% to close at 85267.66 points. However, on a weekly basis, the indices ended down 0.5?ch--falling for the second straight week.

 

The domestic indices rose taking positive cues from global markets after the US Federal Reserve on Thursday cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points and kept at least one rate cut on the cards for next year. This was a positive as market participants were worried about hawkish comments by the US Fed.

 

Most of the Asian markets surged Friday, with indices in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Australia rising 1-2%. Indices in China recovered from an early fall and closed 0.4-0.6% higher, rising over 1% from intraday lows.

 

Back home, metal stocks were some of the biggest gainers as hopes of better demand globally after the US Fed cut interest rates helped offset concerns around weak steel prices in India. Moreover, at the conclusion of China's annual Central Economic Work Conference on Thursday, leaders promised a fiscal policy that will stimulate consumption and investment to maintain high economic growth, news agency Reuters reported. Any improvement in demand in China is expected to aid Indian metal companies, which are struggling due to dumping of cheap Chinese products.

 

Shares of Hindalco Industries and Tata Steel rose over 3%, ending higher for the third straight session. Shares of Hindustan Zinc surged over 7% during the day and nearly 13% this week as silver prices kept hitting fresh record highs. Owing to this, the Nifty Metal index rose 2.6% Friday.

 

Investors were unperturbed by Mexico increasing tariffs on vehicles, automobile parts, and textiles from India. Shares of several automobile makers were up, with Maruti Suzuki India gaining 1.7%. Shares of textile companies such as Trident, Welspun Living, Vardhman Textiles were only marginally down.

 

Select consumer stocks bounced back after falling in the previous few sessions. Shares of Eternal snapped an eight-week losing streak. It managed to rise nearly 2% this week with most of the gains coming on Friday. Among others, shares of Nestle India rose 2%, but failed to recover all of the losses from earlier in the week and closed 0.7% lower on a weekly basis.

 

Shares of Transformers and Rectifiers India jumped up 17% and managed to post weekly gains after declining for the previous 11 weeks. Shares of JSW Energy ended 5% higher after the company approved raising funds of up to INR 100 billion through a qualified institutional placement. The company's announcement came during market hours. Its board also approved issuing the promoter group entity JTPM Metal Traders equity shares and warrants worth INR 30 billion.

 

Siemens fell as much as 6% intraday following a report by CNBC-TV18 that the company has cut margin guidance for its digital industries operations. However, it came off the low and ended only 2% lower at INR 3,144.60.

 

* Of the Nifty 50 stocks, 38 rose and 12 fell

* Of the Sensex stocks, 21 rose, 7 fell, and 2 were unchanged

* On the NSE, 2,072 stocks rose, 1,036 fell, and 88 were unchanged

* On the BSE, 2,552 stocks rose, 1,642 fell, and 162 were unchanged

* Nifty Metal: up 2.6%; Nifty Realty: up 1.5%; Nifty FMCG: down 0.2%

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BSE                                                NSE

Sensex: 85267.66, up 449.53 points or 0.5%         Nifty 50: 26046.95, up 148.40 points or 0.6%

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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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