Finance
Stock market close highlights on Thursday, October 23, 2025: Equity benchmark indices maintained their winning streak to the sixth straight trading session, albeit closing below the day’s high, boosted by robust gains in IT sectors.
The BSE Sensex surged to a new 52-week high of 85,290, up 864 points at its peak for the day. However, the Sensex closed the day with a tiny rise of 130 points, or 0.15 percent, at 84,556.
Similarly, on Thursday, the NSE Nifty 50 reached an intra-day high of 26,104 before closing flat at 25,891 – up 23 points.
In the last six trading days, the Sensex has gained 1,526 points, while the Nifty has risen by 745 points.
On Thursday, Infosys was the highest gainer among the Sensex equities, up 4% as the company’s promoters opted out of the ₹18,000 crore share repurchase. Other IT firms also rose sharply on news that the United States and India may soon conclude a trade agreement. HCL Technologies and TCS both gained more than 2% each.
Among others, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Titan, and Tata Motors all increased by more than 1%. In contrast, Eternal lost 3% and was the top Sensex loser. Bharti Airtel, Ultratech Cement, Adani Ports, ICICI Bank, and Reliance each fell 1 to 2 percent.
In the broader market, the BSE MidCap index down 0.2% at the closing, while the SmallCap index sank 0.5%. The overall breadth was negative, with over 2,400 stocks dropping on the BSE compared to 1,800 gaining shares.
Sectorally, the BSE IT index was the only major mover, rising 2.2 percent. Textile and shrimp-related companies, for example, rose sharply on anticipation of a US-India trade agreement.
Source: BS
