Finance
Stock Market close highlights, Friday, July 4, 2025: Following a tumultuous session, Indian equities benchmark indexes closed lower as investors remained cautious ahead of the July 9 deadline to implement US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The BSE Sensex index closed at 83,432.89, up 193.42 points or 0.23 percent, and the Nifty settled at 25,461, up 55.7 points or 0.22 percent.
In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 closed flat with a bearish bias, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 0.03 percent.
On the sectoral front, barring Nifty Auto and Metal, all other sectors settled higher. The Nifty Oil & Gas emerged as top gainer, up 1.05 per cent, led by gains in Bharat Petroleum, IGL, Indian Oil, Mahanagar Gas, and Hindustan Petroleum. Among others, Nifty Realty, Pharma, IT, Bank, Media and Consumer Durables rose up to 1 per cent.
Among the Sensex members, 20 of 30 equities closed in the green. The biggest gainers included Bajaj Finance, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Bank, HCL Tech, Ultratech Cement, and Bajaj Finserv. Trent, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, and Adani Ports were the biggest gainers.
Meanwhile, the India VIX, which measures market volatility, closed down 0.57 percent at 12.32 points.
Source: BS
