Benchmark indices ended in positive range on Monday, after three-day decline, taking cues from foreign investor buying, optimism over a potential resolution to the US government shutdown and easing global risk concerns.
Sensex ended 319.07 points or 0.38 per cent higher at 83,535.35, hitting an intraday high of 83,754.49 from the day’s open at 83,198.20.
Nifty 50 settled with 82.05 points or 0.32 per cent gains at 25,574.35 after opening at 25,503.50. During the session, the index scaled to an intraday high of 25,653.45. It then pulled back in the final hour trimmed part of the gains.
Sensex and Nifty 50 climbed nearly 556 points and 149 points, repectively, in today’s trading session.
The rise in the US 10-year Treasury yield reflects improving risk sentiment toward equities with the reopening of the federal government.
Domestically, strengthening macroeconomic indicators are expected to underpin upward revisions in earnings estimates for H2FY26. This reinforces the current valuations and is likely to attract incremental liquidity, Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments.
Global brokerage Goldman Sachs upgrading India to ‘overweight’ from ‘neutral’, further added to the positive sentiment, Ajit Mishra – SVP, Research, Religare Broking Ltd, emphasised.
Rupee depreciated by 3 paise against the US dollar to close at 88.70.
Nifty midcap and smallcap indices ended with modest gains, 0.47 per cent and 0.35 per cent, respectively.
Sector-wise, the IT index led the gains, supported by expectations of demand stabilisation. The defence index also rose more than 1 per cent. Pharma and metal indices were among the other sectors that closed in the green. On the downside, the media index declined over 1 per cent, while realty, FMCG, and PSU bank indices also ended in the red.
According to Sudeep Shah, Head – Technical Research and Derivatives at SBI Securities, Bank Nifty traded within a narrow range of just 251 points, reflecting a lack of clear directional momentum.
Abhinav Tiwari, Research Analyst at Bonanza, expects some consolidation in the near term as investors wait key macro data such as CPI and WPI this week.
Results from companies like Bajaj Finance, ONGC, and Vodafone Idea will likely guide the next market move, Tiwari added.
Today, Trent, Nykaa, HBL Engineering and Shipping Corporation saw sharp reactions following their Q2 results.
Top gainers & losers today
Among the Nifty constituents, Infosys and HCL Technologies emerged as top gainers, aided by strength in the IT space. Bajaj Finance, Coal India and Asian Paints followed. On the other hand, Trent, Max Healthcare, Tata Consumer Products, Apollo Hospitals and Eternal were among the notable laggards.
Market breadth remained weak, as declining stocks outnumbered advances, resulting in an advance-decline ratio of 0.82 on the BSE, said, Vinay Rajani, Senior Technical & Derivative Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.
Out of the 4,513 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,962 advanced, 2,372 declined, and 179 remained unchanged. Around 193 stocks touched their 52-week highs, while 199 slipped to their 52-week lows. Additionally, eight shares hit the upper circuit, and another eight reached the lower circuit.
Midcap & smallcap movers
Midcap stocks National Aluminium, Nykaa, Bharat Dynamics, BHEL and KPIT Technologies soared 3-10 per cent, while Swiggy, Fortis, IRB, Vishal Mega Mart and BSE depreciated 2-3 per cent.
Under the smallcap segment, HBL Engineering zoomed over 10 per cent. JB Chemicals, Credit Access, Reliance Power and GRSE soared 4-7 per cent. KEC International, Whirlpool, Ola Electric, IGIL and Signature Global dragged 3-5 per cent.
The much-awaited Lenskart Solutions made a tepid debut on bourses and settled close to its ₹402-IPO price.
On the BSE, Indigo Paints, HBL Engineering, Voltamp Transformers, National Aluminium and Uno Minda zoomed 7-15 per cent. On the flip side, Transformers and Rectifiers, Aarti Pharma, Indraprastha Medical, Ganesha Ecosphere and Neogen dragged 9-20 per cent.
On Friday, Sensex closed at 83,216.28, and Nifty 50 settled at 25,492.30.
Asian markets – South Korea’s Kospi, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Shanghai’s Composite Index – settled in positive territory.
The US markets ended largely higher on Friday.
FIIs bought equities worth ₹4,581.34 crore on Friday, exchange data show.
On Friday, the BSE Sensex declined 94.73 points to settle at 83,216.28 and Nifty 50 slipped 17.40 points to 25,492.30.
Published on November 10, 2025
