Finance
Stock Market close highlights, Friday, June 13, 2025: Indian market benchmark indices fell on Friday, following Asian peers, following an escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict and a steep increase in crude oil prices.
After touching an intraday low of 80,354.59, the Sensex closed at 81,118.60, down 573.6 points or 0.7 percent. The Nifty50 closed at 24,718.6 levels, down 169.6 points, or 0.68 percent.
In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indexes fell 0.24 percent and 0.43 percent, respectively.
However, sectoral indexes ended on a mixed note. The Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty FMCG were the leading laggards, falling by more over 1 percent each. Nifty Metal, Financial Services, Auto, Energy, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Durables, and Oil & Gas all closed lower.
Of the Sensex constituents, 26 out of 30 settled lower. The top losers were Adani Ports, ITC, IndusInd Bank, State Bank of India, and HDFC Bank, each down more than 1%. Tech Mahindra, TCS, Sun Pharma, and Maruti Suzuki were the only companies that increased their profits.
The crude oil benchmark WTI Crude was trading at $73.87 a barrel, up 8.57 percent, following the escalation of the Israel-Iran crisis.
Meanwhile, the fear index (India VIX), which measures market volatility, increased 7.6 percent to settle at 15.08 points.
source: BS
