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Stock market close highlights on Thursday, September 4, 2025: The Indian benchmarks Sensex and Nifty reduced early gains on Thursday due to the expiry of Sensex F&O contracts, but closed higher, boosted by strength in consumption-led sectors such as auto and FMCG, as investors hailed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s GST reforms announced the day before.
The GST Council’s decision to divide the tax structure into two slabs (5% and 18%) is likely to lower rates on necessary commodities while maintaining higher levies on sin and luxury items.
Against this backdrop, the BSE Sensex rose 888.96 points, or 1.03 percent, to an intraday high of 81,456.67 before closing 150.30 points, or 0.19 percent higher, at 80,718.01.
Similarly, the Nifty50 rose as much as 1.07 percent, or 265.7 points, to an intraday high of 24,980.75, before closing 19.25 points, or 0.08 percent higher, at 24,734.30.
Aside from that, on the BSE, M&M, Bajaj Finance, and Bajaj Finserv were the biggest gainers, while Maruti Suzuki, BEL, and HCL Technologies were among the major losers.
Similarly, the NSE’s top gainers were M&M, Bajaj Finance, and Apollo Hospitals, while the top losers were HDFC Life, Tata Consumer, and IndusInd Bank.
Broader indices, defying the trend, declined. The Nifty Midcap 100 index closed 0.67 percent lower, while the Nifty SmallCap 100 index fell 0.71 percent.
Nifty Auto was the sector’s biggest gainer (0.85 percent), followed by FMCG (0.24 percent). Nifty PSU Bank was the biggest loser (1.11 percent), followed by IT (0.94%) and Media (0.78 percent).
Source: BS
