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Markets accumulate more gains in late trade
Sep-25-2026

Benchmarks have accumulated more gains in late afternoon session as Brent crude oil prices fell from its previous close of $106.60 a barrel mark amid hopes of ease in tensions between US and Iran. Sentiments also remained upbeat after Indian rupee strengthened by 14 paise against the US dollar to trade at 95.85. Besides, market participant opted to pick up stocks at lower-levels following recent losses made by the markets.

BSE Sensex was trading with gains of near half a percent, supported by gains among HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Reliance industries. Meanwhile, Nifty 50 was trading with the gains of three tenth of a percent, weighed by selling among healthcare stocks and select heavyweight IT stocks. 

On the global front, Asian equity markets were mixed ahead of release of key US economic data. European equity markets were trading higher as sell-off in government debt eased and oil prices retreated.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 73910.69, up by 330.15 points or 0.45% after trading in a range of 73477.77 and 73968.05. There were 12 stocks advancing against 18 stocks declining on the index.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Auto up by 1.06%, Consumer Durables up by 0.87%, Realty up by 0.80%, Power up by 0.56% and Industrials up by 0.53%, while Healthcare down by 0.49%, Oil & Gas down by 0.22%, IT down by 0.22% and TECK down by 0.13% were the few losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Axis Bank up by 2.34%, Mahindra & Mahindra up by 1.79%, HCL Technologies up by 1.38%, Asian Paints up by 1.25% and HDFC Bank up by 0.61%. On the flip side, Trent down by 1.99%, Infosys down by 1.12%, Eternal down by 0.80%, Kotak Mahindra Bank down by 0.78% and Bharat Electronics down by 0.76% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Commerce and industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that India recorded its highest-ever annual Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) inflow of $94.53 billion in the financial year 2025-26 (FY26). Cumulative FDI inflows from FY15 to FY26 reached $843 billion. 

The minister highlighted that as of March 31, 2026, India’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes had attracted actual investments of over Rs 2.40 lakh crore and generated more than 14.15 lakh direct and indirect jobs. During the period, the schemes also achieved Rs 23.8 lakh crore in production/sales and Rs 15.2 lakh crore in exports. He noted that sectors such as electronics and telecom, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automobiles, IT hardware, and speciality steel have significantly benefited from the PLI schemes.

He further said that greenfield industrial smart cities are being set up across the country under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme to build infrastructure for globally competitive manufacturing. He said ease of doing business reforms have simplified regulations and reduced the compliance burden, while reforms in key sectors have created new opportunities for investment and manufacturing and added over 470 crore orders have been placed through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). 

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 23137.80, up by 74.70 points or 0.32% after trading in a range of 23020.95 and 23162.70. There were 36 stocks advancing against 14 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Axis Bank up by 3.15%, Mahindra & Mahindra up by 1.94%, Asian Paints up by 1.69%, HDFC Bank up by 1.28% and HCL Technologies up by 1.17%. On the flip side, Max Healthcare Institute down by 3.21%, Infosys down by 1.83%, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles down by 1.61%, ONGC down by 1.39% and Trent down by 0.91% were the top losers.

Asian equity markets were mixed; Nikkei 225 surged 806.01 points or 1.22% to 66,320.00 and Straits Times rose 27.72 points or 0.49% to 5,711.09, while Hang Seng declined 296.13 points or 1.21% to 24,465.00 and Jakarta Composite plunged 44.78 points or 0.72% to 6,253.83. Meanwhile, Chinese, Taiwanese and South Korean markets remained close on account of holiday.

European equity markets were trading higher; UK’s FTSE 100 increased 72.22 points or 0.67% to 10,752.21, France’s CAC rose 26.87 points or 0.33% to 8,108.30 and Germany’s DAX gained 261.67 points or 1.03% to 25,528.20.
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