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Informist, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025

 

By Arya S. Biju

 

MUMBAI – Domestic benchmark indices closed largely flat after opening lower, tracking weakness across the US and Asian markets. The domestic equity indices remained in the red Monday despite analysts' expectations of a positive session, which had got a boost after the benchmark indices rose more than 1% in the previous two sessions last week.

 

On Monday, both Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex fell by 0.5–0.6% soon after opening but later recovered most of those losses and closed just 0.1% lower. Apart from weak global cues, the Indian rupee falling to a fresh record low against the dollar added to the negative sentiment during the day.  

 

The Nifty 50 index managed to close above the psychologically important 26000 level for the second session in a row after closing below that level in the four sessions before that. Consumer and information technology stocks recovered from early fall and supported the 50-stock index, while continued losses in automobile stocks thwarted the bulls' attempt to drive broader market gains. Monday, the Nifty 50 closed at 26027.30, down 19.65 points or 0.1%. The BSE Sensex closed at 85213.36, down 54.30 points or 0.1%.  

 

The fall in domestic headline indices, however, was much lower than that of most of their US and Asian peers, which closed around 1–2% lower. Benchmark indices in the US ended 0.5-1.7% lower on Friday due to a sell-off in artificial intelligence-related stocks. Similarly, most Asian indices closed lower Monday, with South Korea's Kospi leading the losses, down nearly 2%. The domestic market, however, saw little impact from the global sell-off in AI-related stocks.

 

The Indian rupee continued its depreciation against the dollar, hitting a fresh record low of 90.79 on Monday as banks bought dollars to cover foreign fund outflows from Indian equities, foreign exchange market dealers said. Volatility in the domestic equity markets and uncertainty over a potential India-US trade deal weighed on the local currency.

 

Even though Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said Monday that the government is "very close" to securing a "framework" deal with the US to lower the 50% tariff on exports from India to the US, he did not provide a specific timeline for the deal. Both countries continue to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement, with the framework deal focusing on reciprocal tariffs. 

 

The domestic equity markets remained largely range-bound over the past six months, rising about 5% amid concerns about US tariffs and uncertainty over a trade deal between the two nations. "I think the market (domestic equity market) has already discounted the fact that the trade deal won't happen in a hurry," Pravin Bokade, head of research at IDBI Capital Markets & Securities, said. "The market believes that a negative deal at this point of time would be very negative for the market. Rather than having a negative deal, no deal is good at this point of time," he added.  More

 

Most automobile stocks were down Monday, with the Nifty Auto being the worst hit among the sectoral indices. The automobile index fell after rising for two consecutive sessions, during which it gained nearly 2%. Maruti Suzuki India, Bajaj Auto, Eicher Motors, and Mahindra & Mahindra were down 0.7-2% and were the top laggards in the Nifty 50 index. JM Financial, in a note dated Sunday, said that automobiles and automobile components are expected to be most affected by Mexico's new tariffs on imports from countries without a free trade agreement, including India.

 

Shares of most fast-moving consumer goods companies rose Monday after falling for two to three weeks. Intraday, shares of Tata Consumer Products and Nestle India rose around 2% and 1%, respectively, after losing around 3?ch over the last three weeks, while shares of Hindustan Unilever and Dabur India rose around 1?ch after losing almost 7% and over 4%, respectively, over the past two weeks.

 

Pharmaceutical formulations company Corona Remedies was listed at a 38% premium to its issue price of INR 1,470 on the National Stock Exchange. The stock closed over 35% higher at 1438.40. Shares of Wakefit Innovations closed over 1% lower at INR 192.29 on the NSE after listing at the issue price of INR 195.  

 

* Of the Nifty 50 stocks, 24 rose and 26 fell

* Of the Sensex stocks, 14 rose and 16 fell

* On the NSE, 1,667 stocks rose, 1,471 fell, and 100 were unchanged

* On the BSE, 2,238 stocks rose, 2,033 fell, and 178 were unchanged

* Nifty Auto: down 0.9%; Nifty Pharma: down 0.4%; Nifty Media: up 1.8%

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BSE                                                NSE

Sensex: 85213.36, down 54.30 points or 0.1%        Nifty 50: 26027.30, down 19.65 points or 0.1%

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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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