Finance
Stock market close highlights, Friday, June 20, 2025: Following a positive start, Indian market indices saw a broad-based bounce as investors were relieved when the US stated that discussions with Iran are still a possibility and that it will decide whether to help Israel within two weeks.
Following a three-day losing streak, the Sensex and Nifty closed higher on Friday on a broad-based rebound.
After reaching an intraday high of 82,488.21, the Sensex closed at 82,408.17, up 1,046 points, or 1.29 percent. The Nifty50 closed at 25,112.4 levels, up 319.95 points, or 1.29 percent.
Except for Axis Bank (down 0.16%) and Maruti Suzuki India (down 0.02%), all the other member companies of the Sensex closed higher, with advances led by Bharti Airtel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Power Grid, Reliance Industries (RIL), and Nestle India, in the range of 3.27 per cent to 1.97 per cent.
The fear index (India VIX), which assesses market volatility, fell 4.08 percent to 13.67 points.
