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Post Session: Quick Review
Sep-15-2025

Indian equity benchmarks ended in negative terrain on Monday, with the Nifty snapping its 8-day winning streak, led by selling in IT stocks. Traders were awaiting the outcome of the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting. Markets made a cautious start and hovered near the neutral line during the morning session, as sentiments remained subdued after US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick asserted that India must bring down its tariffs or face a ‘tough time’ doing business with the US. Finally, indices extended their losses in last hour of trade and ended in red terrain with marginal cut.  

Some of the important factors in trade:

Retail inflation rises marginally to 2.07% in August: Sentiments remained downbeat as the government data showed that retail inflation in August rose slightly to 2.07 per cent from 1.61 per cent in the preceding month, mainly due to increase in prices of vegetables, meat and fish.

India's reliance on US software, cloud services pose economic risks: Traders remained cautious as think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) has cautioned about India’s reliance on US software, cloud services, and social media platforms and said that this poses a major economic and security vulnerability in times of geopolitical tensions.

India's forex reserves jump $4 billion to $698.27 billion: Traders took note of the RBI data stating that India's forex reserves jumped $4.03 billion to $698.27 billion during the week ended September 5, 2025 on the back of a sizeable increase in value of gold reserve.

Global front: European markets were trading in green ahead of release of foreign trade data from Eurozone and wholesale prices data from Germany. Asian markets ended mixed ahead of the anticipated interest rate cut after recent US data signaled softer labor conditions and muted inflation.

The BSE Sensex ended at 81785.74, down by 118.96 points or 0.15% after trading in a range of 81744.70 and 81998.51. There were 13 stocks advancing against 17 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The broader indices ended in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.40%, while Small cap index up by 0.66%. (Provisional)

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 2.47%, Industrials up by 0.61%, Capital Goods up by 0.61%, Telecom up by 0.53% and Power up by 0.51%, while IT down by 0.60%, Consumer Durables down by 0.50%, Healthcare down by 0.45%, TECK down by 0.45% and Auto down by 0.32% were the top losing indices on BSE. (Provisional)

The top gainers on the Sensex were Bajaj Finance up by 0.78%, Eternal up by 0.64%, Ultratech Cement up by 0.42%, Reliance Industries up by 0.34% and Larsen & Toubro up by 0.33%. On the flip side, Asian Paints down by 1.66%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.60%, Titan Co down by 1.14%, Infosys down by 1.04% and Sun Pharma down by 0.85% were the top losers. (Provisional)

Meanwhile, India's wholesale price index (WPI) inflation saw an increase in the month of August, reaching to 0.52%. This marks a shift from the -0.58% recorded in the previous month. The rise is attributed to slight increases in the prices of non-food articles, minerals and food articles. The component wise, primary articles index, having weight of 22.62%, surged 1.60% from 188.0 (provisional) for the month of July 2025 to 191.0 (provisional) in August 2025, as prices of non-food articles, minerals and food articles increased in August 2025 as compared to July 2025. However, the price of crude petroleum & natural gas decreased in August 2025 as compared to July 2025.

Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, decreased by 0.69% from 144.6 (provisional) for the month of July 2025 to 143.6 (provisional) in August 2025, with fall in the prices of electricity and mineral oils during August 2025 as compared to July 2025. But, the price of coal has remained same as in the previous month.

Besides, Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, increased by 0.21% from 144.6 (provisional) for the month of July 2025 to 144.9 (provisional) in August 2025. Meanwhile, for the month of June 2025, the final wholesale price index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 153.7 and (-) 0.19% respectively.

The CNX Nifty ended at 25069.20, down by 44.80 points or 0.18% after trading in a range of 25048.75 and 25138.45. There were 16 stocks advancing against 34 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The top gainers on Nifty were JIO Financial Services up by 1.33%, Bajaj Finance up by 0.66%, Eternal up by 0.59%, Ultratech Cement up by 0.53% and Reliance Industries up by 0.31%. On the flip side, Asian Paints down by 1.72%, Cipla down by 1.67%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.66%, Shriram Finance down by 1.45% and Dr. Reddy's Lab down by 1.21% were the top losers. (Provisional)

European markets were trading higher; France’s CAC rose 85.56 points or 1.09% to 7,910.80, Germany’s DAX gained 79.45 points or 0.34% to 23,777.60 and UK’s FTSE 100 increased 0.96 points or 0.01% to 9,284.25.

Asian markets settled mixed on Monday ahead of a crucial US Federal Reserve decision. Traders are now pricing in a 25bps reduction this week amid signs of softer labor conditions and muted inflation, and some potential for reductions extending into next year. The escalating geopolitical concerns in the Middle East were also weighed on Asian market sentiment. Chinese and Hong Kong shares gained as investors bolstered bets on Chinese technology shares amid Sino-US trade talks and ahead of an expected US rate cut this week. The Japanese market was closed today on account of Respect For The Aged Day. 

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

3,860.50

-10.10

-0.26

Hang Seng

26,446.56

58.4

0.22

Jakarta Composite

7,937.12

83.06

1.05

KLSE Composite

--

--

--

Nikkei 225

--

--

--

Straits Times

4,338.42

-5.82

-0.13

KOSPI Composite

3,407.31

11.77

0.35

Taiwan Weighted

25,357.16

-117.48

-0.46
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