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Bulls hold tight grip over Dalal Street in early afternoon deals
Mar-25-2026

Bulls were holding a tight grip over the Dalal Street during early afternoon session, as hopes of US-Iran peace talks lifted market sentiments. Broad-based buying also lifted most sectoral indices, led by Consumer Durables, Consumer discretionary and Realty. Basic Materials and auto also gained steadily, supporting overall momentum. Adding some support, Ministry of Commerce & Industry has said that India’s exports continue to display resilience, maintaining a steady growth trend in the current fiscal year as well as over the longer term (FY 2021-25), despite headwinds like persistent global uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, and volatile commodity prices. Besides, in an effort to stabilize the banking sector, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has infused Rs 55,837 crore transient liquidity into the banking system through three-day variable rate repo (VRR) auction. The funds were infused at a cut-off and weighted average rate of 5.26 per cent. 

On the global front, Asian markets were trading higher, even after Taiwan's industrial production growth moderated for the first time in four months in February. Industrial production expanded 17.83 percent year-on-year in February, much slower than the 27.88 percent growth in January. 

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 75629.54, up by 1561.09 points or 2.11% after trading in a range of 74550.47 and 75735.59. There were 29 stocks advancing against 1 stock declining on the index.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Consumer Durables up by 3.93%, Realty up by 2.81%, Consumer Discretionary up by 2.76%, Basic Materials up by 2.74% and Auto up by 2.67%, while there was no loser on the BSE sectoral front.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Titan Company up by 4.72%, Trent up by 4.04%, Mahindra & Mahindra up by 3.80%, Ultratech Cement up by 3.57% and HDFC Bank up by 3.42%. On the flip side, Tech Mahindra down by 0.77% was the sole loser.

Meanwhile, amidst West Asia conflict causing disruption in maritime and air cargo routes through the region, the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasad has assured that the Government has been closely monitoring the evolving geopolitical situation in the region, including its impact on the country’s external trade, shipping routes and logistics chains. He also noted that stakeholders have reported some concerns about increase in freight costs due to rerouting and war risk surcharges, cargo accumulation at ports and logistics hubs, and financial stress arising from longer transit cycles.

Further, the minister said that these concerns were raised across sectors, including agricultural products, textiles, engineering goods and other export consignments. He highlighted that that the government's response has focused on coordinated trade facilitation, logistics support, customs simplification, maritime monitoring, and engagement with concerned stakeholders to reduce the impact of the disruption on India's exports, including exports to the wider Gulf region.

Moreover, underscoring the country’s sustained diversified and resilient export growth, he said the country's total exports of merchandise and services rose 5.26% to $714.73 billion during April-January period of this fiscal from $679.02 billion in during same period of 2024-25. Further, the country’s exports were worth $497.90 billion in 2020-21 and $828.25 billion in 2024-25. He emphasized that the consistent growth in exports positions the country as a strong player in global trade even under challenging external condition.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 23411.75, up by 499.35 points or 2.18% after trading in a range of 23063.20 and 23434.75. There were 49 stocks advancing against 1 stock declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Shriram Finance up by 5.42%, Adani Enterprises up by 4.89%, Titan Company up by 4.84%, Trent up by 4.07% and Mahindra & Mahindra up by 3.83%. On the flip side, Tech Mahindra down by 0.87% was the sole loser.

All Asian markets were trading higher; Nikkei 225 surged 1451.72 points or 2.7% to 53,704.00, Taiwan Weighted jumped 826.87 points or 2.47% to 33,439.11, KOSPI rose 88.29 points or 1.56% to 5,642.21, Jakarta Composite gained 86.9 points or 1.21% to 7,193.74, Hang Seng advanced 81.29 points or 0.32% to 25,145.00, Shanghai Composite added 45.02 points or 1.15% to 3,926.30 and Straits Times was up by 29.01 points or 0.59% to 4,891.44.
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