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Bourses remain in green in early afternoon session
Oct-16-2025

Indian markets traded in green territory in early afternoon session as traders preferred to buy stocks. Traders were monitoring Q2 earnings from prominent companies. Investors got support as commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that India’s merchandise exports grew 6.74 per cent to $36.38 billion in September 2025 as compared to $34.08 billion in September 2024. Imports jumped by 16.6 per cent year-on-year to $68.53 billion in September 2025 as compared to $58.74 billion in September 2024. Besides, Crisil Intelligence, in its report for October 2025, has said that a benign inflation outlook may prompt the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to cut policy rates to support growth which faced downside risks due to imposition of higher US tariffs in the second half of the fiscal. On the global front, Asian markets were trading mixed following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. Traders were hoping that US Federal Reserve will cut the interest rate this month.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 83005.44, up by 400.01 points or 0.48% after trading in a range of 82791.35 and 83127.64. There were 25 stocks advancing against 5 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index gained 0.24%, while Small cap index was up by 0.43%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 1.77%, consumer discretionary up by 1.01%, Auto up by 1.00%, FMCG up by 0.88% and Consumer Durables was up by 0.86%, while IT down by 0.07%, TECK down by 0.03% and PSU was down by 0.01% were the few losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Axis Bank up by 2.63%, Titan Company up by 2.39%, Adani Ports up by 2.07%, Tata Motors Passenger up by 1.51% and Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.36%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 0.44%, TCS down by 0.44%, SBI down by 0.32%, Sun Pharma down by 0.24% and Bharti Airtel down by 0.04% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that India’s merchandise exports grew 6.74 per cent to $36.38 billion in September 2025 as compared to $34.08 billion in September 2024. Imports jumped by 16.6 per cent year-on-year to $68.53 billion in September 2025 as compared to $58.74 billion in September 2024. The country's trade deficit stood at $32.15 billion during the month, the highest in over a year.    

According to the data, merchandise exports during April-September 2025 were $220.12 billion as compared to $213.68 billion during April-September 2024. Merchandise imports during April-September 2025 were $375.11 billion as compared to $358.85 billion during April-September 2024. Merchandise trade deficit during April-September 2025 was $154.98 billion as compared to $145.18 billion during April-September 2024.

Non-petroleum and non-gems & jewellery exports in September 2025 were $28.59 billion as compared to $26.95 billion in September 2024. Non-petroleum and non-gems & jewellery exports in April-September 2025 were $175.29 billion, compared to $163.09 billion in April-September 2024. Non-petroleum, non-gems & jewellery (gold, silver & precious metals) imports in September 2025 were $41.77 billion as compared to $36.96 billion in September 2024. Non-petroleum, non-gems & jewellery (gold, silver & precious metals) imports in April-September 2025 were $243.58 billion, compared to $224.97 billion in April-September 2024.  

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25451.35, up by 127.80 points or 0.50% after trading in a range of 25376.85 and 25472.65. There were 38 stocks advancing against 11 stocks declining on the index, while 1 stock remained unchanged. 

The top gainers on Nifty were Nestle up by 3.25%, Titan Company up by 2.52%, Axis Bank up by 2.50%, Adani Ports up by 1.99% and Bajaj Auto up by 1.64%. On the flip side, Shriram Finance down by 1.83%, HDFC Life Insurance down by 1.77%, SBI Life down by 0.83%, Infosys down by 0.56% and JIO Financial down by 0.54% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading mixed; Nikkei 225 surged 595.33 points or 1.23% to 48,268.00, Taiwan Weighted added 372.16 points or 1.35% to 27,647.87, KOSPI increased 91.09 points or 2.43% to 3,748.37 and Jakarta Composite was up by 74.55 points or 0.92% to 8,125.73. On the flip side, Shanghai Composite weakened 2.67 points or 0.07% to 3,909.54, Straits Times fell 15.22 points or 0.35% to 4,353.20 and Hang Seng was down by 111.6 points or 0.43% to 25,799.00.

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