Finance
Stock Market Highlights today, Monday, June 23, 2025: The main Indian market indices closed the week’s first trading session lower as investors processed the United States’ bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran, backing with Israel in the West Asia conflict.
The BSE Sensex fell 511.38 points, or 0.62 percent, to 81,896.79, after trading in the range of 82,169.67 to 81,476.76.
Mirroring the Sensex, the NSE Nifty50 closed at 24,971.90, down 140.50 points or 0.56 percent. On Monday, the index fluctuated between $25,057 and $24,824.85.
21 out of 30 constituent stocks of Sensex settled in red, with HCL Tech, Infosys, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, and ITC being the top laggards, ending lower in the range of 2.28 per cent – 1.21 per cent. Trent, Bharat Electronics, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Bajaj Finserv were the top gainers, ending higher in the range of 3.39 per cent – 0.58 per cent.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmarks, with the Nifty Midcap100 and Smallcap100 indices closing up by 0.36 and 0.70 percent, respectively.
Sectoral markets closed on a mixed tone, with the Nifty IT index the biggest loser, down 1.48 percent, headed by Coforge and Persistent Systems.
Among other sectoral indexes, the Bank Nifty, Auto, FMCG, and Realty indices fell, while the Metal, Consumer Durables, Pharma, and Media indices rose on Monday.
The market breadth went negative, with 1,545 out of 2,995 traded equities on the NSE closing in the red, 1,364 ending higher, and 86 remaining unchanged. The market capitalisation of NSE-listed businesses was $5.13 trillion.
Meanwhile, the India VIX, which measures market volatility, rose 2.74 percent to 14.05 points.
Source: BS
