Finance
Stock Market close highlights, Thursday, June 12, 2025: Following a volatile session, Indian equity benchmark indexes fell dramatically as the weekly Nifty50 F&O ends and global clues to escalation in US-Iran tensions, rising oil prices, and Trump’s trade deal deadline approached.
After touching an intraday low of 81,523.16, the Sensex closed at 81,691.98, down 823.16 points or 1%. The Nifty50 fell below the 25,000 mark, closing at 24,888.2 levels, down 253.2 points or 1.01 percent.
In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indexes closed lower, down 1.73 percent and 1.90 percent, respectively.
All sectoral indicators closed in red. The Nifty Realty index fell 2.02%, with members like as Phoenix, Gordej Properties, Anant Raj, DLF, Prestige, Sobha, Brigade, and Macrotech Developers dropping up to 3%. Among others, Nifty Energy, Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas, Auto, PSU Bank, FMCG, Metal, and Financial Services all declined by more than 1%.
Of the Sensex constituents, 27 out of 30 settled lower. The top laggards were Tata Motors, Titan, Eternal, Power Grid, Tata Steel, L&T, and Mahindra & Mahindra, each down more than 2%. Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, and Tech Mahindra were the sole laggards.
Meanwhile, the fear index (India VIX), which gauges the volatility in the markets, rose 2.54 per cent to settle at 14.01 points.
Source: BS
