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Stock Market Highlights Today, Thursday, June 19, 2025: The benchmark Indian market indices fell on Thursday as investors remained cautious amid heightened attacks between Iran and Israel, volatility in crude oil prices, and the coming deadline to apply US President Donald Trump’s retaliatory tariffs. Furthermore, investors analyzed the US Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain interest rates steady at 4.25% to 4.50%.
The BSE Sensex fell 82.79 points, or 0.10 percent, to close at 81,361.87. On Thursday, the index traded in the range of 81,583.94 to 81,191.04. Similarly, the NSE Nifty50 finished at 24,793.25, down 18.80 points, or 0.08 percent.
The day finished in favor of the bears, with 22 of the Sensex’s 30 member stocks closing lower, headed by Adani Ports, Bajaj Finance, Tech Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, and Nestle India, all of which fell between 2.50% and 1.28 percent. The top gainers were Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan Company, Larsen & Toubro, Bharti Airtel, and Maruti Suzuki India, which closed up 1.69-0.45%.
Among the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indices fell 1.63 and 1.99%, respectively.
The Nifty Auto index defied overall market trends and closed in positive territory, making it the only sectoral indicator that did so. The index ended higher by 0.52 per cent, led by gains in Eicher Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Bajaj Auto.
The Nifty PSU Bank index, on the other hand, was the worst performer, closing down 2.04%. This was followed by drops in the Nifty Metal, Media, and Realty indices, which all lost more than 1%. All other sectoral indices closed lower on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the India VIX, which measures market volatility, fell 0.14 percent to 14.26 points.
The market breadth remained negative, with 2,363 of 2,954 traded equities on the NSE ending lower, 516 advancing, and 75 remaining unchanged.
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