Finance
Stock Market Highlights, Stock Market Today, Monday, March 3, 2025:
The benchmark Indian equity indices, the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50, closed Monday’s tumultuous session lower. The 30-share Sensex closed at 73,085.94, down 112.16 points, or 0.15 percent. On Monday, the index traded in the range of 73,649.72 to 72,784.54.
The NSE Nifty50 closed at 22,119.30, down only 5.40 points or 0.02 percent from the previous close. The Nifty50 reached a high of 22,261, while the low was around 22,004.
The Nifty Midcap100 index rose 0.14 percent on Monday, while the Nifty Smallcap100 fell 0.27 percent.
33 of the 50 member equities of the Nifty50 closed higher, with advances led by Bharat Electronics, Grasim and Eicher Motors, JSW Steel, and UltraTech Cement, with gains of up to 4.65 per cent.
Index heavyweights, including India’s largest business by market capitalisation, Reliance Industries, fell by 2.17 percent. Other Nifty50 constituents that fell by up as 2.44 percent included Coal India, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finserv, and HDFC Bank.
Sectoral markets closed on a mixed note. The Nifty IT, Metal, Auto, Pharma, Realty, and Healthcare indices closed higher, with gains of up to 1.26 percent. On the other hand, the NSE’s Banking, Oil & Gas, and Media indices closed down, with losses of up to 1.10 percent.
Source: BS
