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Informist, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025

 

By Arundathi A R

 

MUMBAI – The benchmark equity indices failed to hold on to their initial gains and closed lower Monday amid profit taking, with the Nifty 50 index down for the third session in a row. A fall in information technology, financial services, and oil and gas stocks dragged the 50-stock index down. 

 

The Nifty 50 settled at 25942.10 points, down over 100 points or 0.4%. The BSE Sensex closed at 84695.54 points, down nearly 350 points or 0.4%. The 50-stock index closed below its psychologically crucial level of 26000 points. "The market appears short on catalysts for further upside, with investors largely in holiday mode, signalling a potential consolidation phase in the near term," Vinod Nair, head of research at Geojit Investments, said in a note.

 

The rupee ended lower against the dollar as banks bought the greenback on behalf of oil-marketing companies and Indian corporations, dealers said. The volume in the foreign exchange market was lower than usual with many participants on year-end holidays, they said. The rupee ended at 89.9750 a dollar.

 

All the broader equity indices closed lower. The small-cap indices closed 0.5-1.0% lower and the mid-cap indices closed 0.4-0.5% lower. All the small-cap indices closed down for the second session while the mid-cap indices, barring the Nifty Midcap 50, ended down for the third session in a row. Most of the sectoral indices ended in the red, with the Nifty Consumer Durables down almost 1%. The Nifty IT closed lower for the fourth session running. The Nifty Metal index also ended slightly lower at 10789.10 points, ending a seven-day rise.

 

Metal stocks such as Vedanta and Hindustan Zinc gave up their initial gains to close 1.3-3.0% lower after the price of silver declined as much as 8% from its record high on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India. Shares of Vedanta fell after notching a record high at INR 616. The stock snapped a winning streak of 13 consecutive days, during which period it had gained over 17%. Hindustan Zinc snapped a four-day rise.

 

IT stocks ended the session lower, with the Nifty IT ending nearly 1% lower at 38282.70 points. Barring Tech Mahindra and Coforge, all the other constituents of the sectoral index ended 0.7-1.8% lower.

 

Shares of financial services companies such as Bajaj Finserv, Shriram Finance, and Bajaj Finance ended 0.2-0.5% lower. The Nifty Financial Services index ended 0.3% lower at 27363.50 points, closing down for the third day in succession.

 

Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank also dragged the 50-stock index down, closing 0.5-0.9% lower. Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Nifty 50, closing almost 2% higher. It was followed by Tata Consumer Products, which ended 1.7% higher. Both stocks gained after having closed lower for the previous two trading sessions.

 

* Of the Nifty 50 stocks, 14 rose and 36 fell

* Of the Sensex stocks, 8 rose and 22 fell

* On the NSE, 1,022 stocks rose, 2,185 fell, and 87 were unchanged

* On the BSE, 1,495 stocks rose, 2,831 fell, and 186 were unchanged

* Nifty IT: down 0.8%; Nifty Metal: down 0.2%; Nifty Media: up 0.9%

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BSE                                                NSE

Sensex: 84695.54, down 345.91 points or 0.4%       Nifty 50: 25942.10, down 100.20 points or 0.4%

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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 Rajeev Pai

 

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