Finance
Stock Market close highlights, Wednesday, June 4, 2025: Indian benchmark equity indices closed in the green on Wednesday, following a rally in global equities driven by expected relief from US-China trade talks, rate cuts by the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee on Friday, and better-than-expected US labor market data.
After reaching an intraday high of 81,087.29, the Sensex closed at 80,998.25, up 260.74 points, or 0.32 percent. The Nifty50 closed at 24,620 levels, up 77.7 points, or 0.32 percent.
In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indices closed with gains of 0.71 percent and 0.79 percent, respectively.
Except for Nifty Realty, all of the NSE’s sectors indices closed in the green, with advances driven by the Nifty Oil & Gas, Metal, and Energy indices, which finished up 0.67 percent, 0.6%, and 0.52 percent, respectively.
Among the Sensex members, 19 out of 30 stocks closed higher, with Eternal, IndusInd Bank, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, and Tata Steel all up 3.2 percent. On the other hand, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, TCS, Titan, L&T, and HCL Tech were among the 11 Sensex laggards that closed down by up to 1.7% on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the India VIX, which measures market volatility, fell 4.9 percent to 15.74 points.
Source: BS
