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Informist, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025

 

By Arya S. Biju

 

MUMBAI – Domestic benchmark indices closed lower Wednesday after declining in the second half of the session as traders likely booked profits at higher levels. Both the indices moved in a thin range for most of the session in a holiday-shortened week, with trading volumes subdued as the year draws to a close. 

 

Uncertainty over the long-awaited India-US trade deal and flows from foreign investors kept the market sentiment under pressure. This was despite the positive cues from the US market and expectations of a stability in the Indian rupee following the Reserve Bank of India's announcement of measures to boost liquidity. 

 

The Nifty 50 settled at 26142.10, down 35.05 points or 0.1%. The BSE Sensex closed at 85408.70, down 116.14 points or 0.1%. In the first few hours of trade, the Nifty 50 rose around 0.2% to 26236.40 points, which is around 89 points away from its all-time high of 26325.8 points--touched at the start of this month. However, the index failed to maintain these gains as investors booked profit at higher levels and fell in the second half of the day's session.

 

On Tuesday, major US indices closed higher, extending gains for the fourth straight session, as artificial intelligence-related stocks outperformed during the holiday-shortened week. Traders continue to bet on two interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve next year, even after the better-than-expected US GDP data. The US economy grew at a 4.3% annualised rate in the third quarter, data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed Tuesday. This was much better than the 3.2% rise estimated by a Dow Jones poll.

 

The domestic currency closed lower against the dollar Wednesday despite the RBI's announcement of a fresh round of liquidity measures through open-market operations and a foreign exchange buy-sell swap, under which it will inject close to INR 3 trillion of liquidity into the banking system. These measures failed to ignite market enthusiasm as they did little to bridge the widening gap between dollar supply and demand ahead of year-end, Dilip Parmar, senior research analyst at HDFC Securities, said in a note.

 

"After a strong year, markets are consolidating at higher levels as investors digest global cues, currency movements, and domestic earnings outlooks. FII flows remain volatile, largely tracking US rate expectations and currency movements, while strong DII (domestic institutional investor) participation continues to act as a counterbalance, providing stability to the market," Jaykrishna Gandhi, head of business development, institutional equities at Emkay Global Financial Services, said in a note.  

 

While there was optimism that foreign investors would return to Indian equities, they turned net sellers again on Tuesday, after having been net buyers of Indian stocks for the three sessions before Monday. They net sold stocks worth INR 17.95 billion on Tuesday. Meanwhile, domestic investors continued to be net buyers of Indian equities and bought stocks worth INR 38.12 billion on Tuesday. 

 

The boarder market indices closed on a mixed note, with the small-cap indices continuing to outperform their mid-cap and benchmark peers. The Nifty Smallcap 50, Nifty Smallcap 100, and Nifty Smallcap 250 closed 0.1–0.2% higher. Meanwhile, the mid-cap indices were the underperformers, down 0.5–0.8% compared to the 0.1?ll in benchmark indices. Some analysts expect the recent outperformance of the small-cap indices to continue going forward. 

 

Most information technology stocks closed lower Wednesday, extending losses for the second straight session. The Nifty IT index lost around 1.3% in the past two sessions after gaining around 4% in the four sessions before that. After its largely subdued performance in 2025, analysts now expect the sector to see some improvement in its earnings in the coming year. The Nifty Oil & Gas index was the worst hit among sectoral indices, down 0.8%. All constituents of the sectoral index except for Adani Total Gas, Castrol India, and Petronet LNG, closed in the red, down 0.3-1.3% lower. 

 

Nifty Media, Nifty Realty, and Nifty Metal were the only sectoral indices that closed in positive territory, up 0.2–0.4%. The Nifty Media index closed higher for the fourth straight session, gaining around 2%. 

 

Among individual stocks, Coal India closed 0.5% higher after hitting a seven-month high of INR 412.40 earlier in the session. On Tuesday, the board of the company approved a plan to list its largest and second-largest coal-producing subsidiaries, Mahanadi Coalfields and South Eastern Coalfields. Shares of Kajaria Ceramics closed over 4% lower and was the worst hit in the Nifty 500 index after Nuvama Wealth Management cut the price-to-earnings multiple due to concerns about governance after the chief financial officer of one of its subsidiaries siphoned off INR 200 million. 

 

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

* Of the Sensex stocks, 14 rose and 16 fell

* On the NSE, 1,359 stocks rose, 1,768 fell, and 123 were unchanged

* On the BSE, 1,841 stocks rose, 2,346 fell, and 145 were unchanged

* Nifty Oil & Gas: down 0.8; Nifty IT: down 0.5%; Nifty Media: up 0.4%

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BSE                                                NSE

Sensex: 85408.70, down 116.14 points or 0.1%       Nifty 50: 26142.10, down 35.05 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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Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

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