Finance
Stock Market close highlights, Friday, December 5, 2025: Indian market benchmarks, the Sensex and Nifty, closed higher after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Sanjay Malhotra, led the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 percent. The central bank maintained a neutral posture. It revised the FY26 inflation forecast to 2% from 2.6% previously, and increased the growth expectation to 7.3% from 6.8%.
The BSE Sensex closed at 85,712.37, up 447.05 points (0.52 percent), while the NSE Nifty50 concluded at 26,186.45, up 152.7 points (0.59 percent).
In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap index rose 0.49 percent, while the Nifty SmallCap index fell 0.57 percent.
Nifty PSU Bank led the sectors indexes, rising 1.5 percent, followed by Bank, Auto, IT, Metal, Realty, Oil and Gas, and Chemicals. On the contrary, Media, Pharma, Consumer Durables, and FMCG all finished in the red.
The biggest gainers on the Sensex were State Bank of India, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Finance, and HCL Technologies. Hindustan Unilever, Eternal, Trent, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors PV, and Bharat Electronics were laggards.
