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Markets trade flat in afternoon session
Dec-30-2025

Indian equity markets traded flat with negative bias in afternoon session amid last hour volatility owed monthly F&O expiry. Besides, persistent selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) weighed on investors’ sentiments. The FIIs were the net sellers on Monday’s session offloading equities worth Rs 2,759.89 crore. However, the markets have managed to pare earlier losses to trade near the unchanged lines as traders took support after the government in its latest release said that India has reached a new milestone, overtaking Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, with GDP valued at $4.18 trillion. It also stated that India is among the world’s fastest-growing major economies and is well-positioned to sustain this momentum.

On the global markets, Asian equity markets were trading mixed amid concerns surrounding valuations of AI related stocks, and geopolitical tensions following China's military exercises around Taiwan. European equity markets were trading higher as traders await the release of the FOMC minutes.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 84653.17, down by 42.37 points or 0.05% after trading in a range of 84470.94 and 84802.64. There were 8 stocks advancing against 22 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in red; the BSE Mid cap index declined 0.06%, while Small cap index was down by 0.09%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Metal up by 1.84%, Auto up by 1.00%, Basic Materials up by 0.58%, Bankex up by 0.46% and PSU up by 0.31%, while Realty down by 0.78%, Capital Goods down by 0.60%, Consumer Durables down by 0.60%, IT down by 0.55% and Healthcare down by 0.44% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Tata Steel up by 1.92%, Mahindra & Mahindra up by 1.73%, Axis Bank up by 1.21%, SBI up by 0.94% and Bharti Airtel up by 0.78%. On the flip side, Eternal down by 2.09%, Interglobe Aviation down by 1.39%, Bajaj Finance down by 0.97%, Ultratech Cement down by 0.91% and Infosys down by 0.87% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that India added highest-ever renewable energy capacity of 44.51 gigawatt (GW) till November 2025, which is nearly double as compared to the 24.72 GW made during the same period last year. With this addition, India’s total renewable energy installed capacity increased by 23 per cent to 253.96 GW in November 2025 as compared to 205.52 GW in November 2024. 

Solar is the major contributor in this progress. India added 34.98 GW of solar capacity till November as compared to the 20.85 GW during the corresponding period last year. Solar energy installed capacity crossed 100 GW mark in January, 2025.  The overall solar energy installed capacity has reached 132.85 GW in November, 2025, an increase of over 41 per cent as compared to the 94.17 GW in November 2024. Wind capacity also witnessed significant growth, with capacity addition of 5.82 GW during the period as compared to 3.2 GW in the same period last year. Wind energy installed capacity crossed 50 GW mark in March 2025. The wind energy installed capacity reached 53.99 GW in November 2025, an increase of over 12.5 per cent as compared to 47.96 GW in November 2024.   

In line with the Prime Minister’s vision outlined at COP-26, the government is working to reach 500 GW Non-fossil energy capacity by 2030. India achieved the milestone of 50% of its cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in June 2025, five years ahead of the 2030 target set under its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. India crossed 250 GW milestone of non-fossil power installed capacity in August, 2025.  The total non-fossil power installed capacity has reached 262.74 GW in November, 2025 which is 51.5% of the total installed electricity capacity in the country (509.64 GW).

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25937.20, down by 4.90 points or 0.02% after trading in a range of 25878.00 and 25975.85. There were 18 stocks advancing against 32 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Shriram Finance up by 2.43%, Tata Steel up by 1.99%, Hindalco up by 1.93%, Bajaj Auto up by 1.90% and Mahindra & Mahindra up by 1.83%. On the flip side, Max Healthcare Institute down by 2.48%, Eternal down by 2.09%, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise down by 1.75%, Interglobe Aviation down by 1.43% and HDFC Life Insurance down by 1.13% were the top losers.

Asian equity markets were trading mixed; Nikkei 225 slipped 107.92 points or 0.21% to 50,419.00, Taiwan Weighted lost 103.76 points or 0.36% to 28,707.13, KOSPI dropped 6.39 points or 0.15% to 4,214.17 and Shanghai Composite weakened 0.16 points or 0% to 3,965.12, while Hang Seng advanced 197.77 points or 0.77% to 25,833.00, Straits Times rose 25.48 points or 0.55% to 4,659.12 and Jakarta Composite gained 6.91 points or 0.08% to 8,651.17.

European equity markets were trading higher; UK’s FTSE 100 increased 15.72 points or 0.16% to 9,882.25, France’s CAC rose 14.98 points or 0.18% to 8,127.00 and Germany’s DAX gained 120.28 points or 0.49% to 24,471.40.
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