Stock Market Highlights: Nifty Snaps Five-Month Losing Streak, Sensex Clocks First Monthly Rally Of 2025
On a monthly basis, the Nifty ended 6.30% higher, while the Sensex closed 5.76% up.
The Nifty snapped its five-month losing streak and the Sensex paused its three-month declining spree even as the benchmark equity indices ended with losses on Friday.
The NSE Nifty 50 ended 72.60 points or 0.31% lower at 23,519.35, while the BSE Sensex closed 191.51 points or 0.25% down at 77,414.92. During the day, Nifty fell as much as 0.60% to 23,450.20, while the Sensex fell 0.54% to 77,185.62.
"These movements point to a steady recovery across broader markets despite lingering macroeconomic uncertainties," Krishna Appala, senior research analyst at Capitalmind Research, said. "Recent sessions mark a rebound from earlier declines, fuelled by renewed buying from the FIIs, who have injected over Rs 30,000 crore in the last few trading days, shifting to net buyers."
On a monthly basis, the Nifty ended 6.30% higher, while the Sensex closed 5.76% up. The indices also ended the week in positive this week, with Nifty gaining over 0.77% and Sensex rising over 0.60%.
The indices also ended this financial year in positive, with Nifty rising over 6.99% in financial year 2025 and Sensex rising over 6.78%. This is the second consecutive year that Nifty has ended in the positive after seeing an over 10% recovery from its lowest point in fiscal 2025.
Infosys Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., HCL Technologies Ltd. and Zomato Ltd. weighed on the index the most.
ICICI Bank Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd. and Tata Consumer Products Ltd. led the gains.
Nine out of the 15 sectors on the NSE declined this week, with the Nifty Media being the top loser.
On the BSE, 18 of the 21 sectors fell, Focused IT and Realty leading the decline.
The broader markets ended lower, with the BSE MidCap ending with a loss of 0.68% and the SmallCap falling 0.35%.
The market breadth was skewed in the favour of the sellers as 2,505 stocks declined, 1,491 advanced and 123 remained unchanged on the BSE.
