Stock Market close highlights: Sensex falls 170 pts, Nifty at 25,405; PSB, metal, realty stocks drag

Sensex Today | Stock Market close, Thursday, July 3, 2025: The Nifty Midcap100 index settled flat with a positive bias, while Nifty Smallcap100 settled down by 0.26 per cent lower

3:57 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Expert view

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The domestic equity market continued to consolidate as profit booking followed last week's sharp rally. Investors remain watchful of developments surrounding the potential US–India trade agreement, with the 90-day pause nearing its end. FIIs have turned cautious in the recent days due to premium valuation. Despite these headwinds, sentiment remains supported by optimism surrounding the upcoming earnings season and the weakening US dollar index.

View by Vinod Nair, head of research, Geojit Investments Limited.

3:50 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Market expert view

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Markets traded volatile on the weekly expiry day and ended marginally lower, continuing the ongoing consolidation phase. After an initial uptick, the Nifty oscillated sharply in both directions while remaining within Wednesday’s trading range, ultimately closing at 25,405.30. Sector-wise, the trend remained mixed—auto and pharma posted gains, while metal and realty were among the top losers. The broader indices also mirrored this movement and closed on a flat note.

 

In the absence of any fresh trigger, the mixed trend among heavyweights is capping the Nifty's directional move. However, the overall trend remains bullish and is expected to stay intact unless the index decisively breaks below the 25,200 mark. On the upside, the 25,650–25,750 zone is likely to act as an immediate hurdle.

 

Meanwhile, individual stocks continue to offer ample opportunities, supported by rotational buying across sectors and noticeable resilience in the broader market. Participants should align their positions accordingly, with a strong focus on stock selection.

View by Ajit Mishra – SVP, research, Religare Broking Ltd.

3:42 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Here's a look at Sensex gainers and losers at close

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Adani Ports were among the top laggards on BSE. 

3:38 PM

Stock Market LIVE: A glance at broader market

Stock Market LIVE: Broader market indices closed mixed with BSE Midcap down 0.06 per cent and Smallcap up 0.47 per cent. 

3:35 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty finishes at 25,405, down 48 pts

Stock Market LIVE Updates: NSE Nifty50 closed at 25,405.3, down 48.1 points or 0.19 per cent. 

 

3:33 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex closes at 83,239, down 170 pts

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex settled at 83,239.47, down 170.22 points or 0.2 per cent. 

3:21 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Max, Aster DM, Apollo rally up to 7%; what's driving hospital stocks today?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of the listed companies engaged in hospital business like Max Healthcare Institute, Aster DM Healthcare and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise have rallied up to 7 per cent, hitting their respective new highs on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade on healthy business outlook. READ MORE

3:11 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Happy Square Outsourcing IPO Day 2 update

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The initial public offering (IPO) of HR outsourcing company Happy Square Outsourcing Services has received a muted response from investors so far. The public offering, which opened for subscription today, July 3, 2025, has received bids for 6,32,000 shares against 23,21,600 on offer, till 2:20 PM, showed the NSE data. This translates into a subscription of only 27 per cent. READ MORE

3:00 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 3PM market update; Nifty, Sensex in red amid late sell-off

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The BSE Sensex slipped over 660 points from an intra-day high of 83,850 to a low of 83,187 in late deals. At 3 PM, the Sensex quoted around 83,290 levels, down 120 points. The NSE Nifty was down 0.e per cent or 40 points at 25,412 levels.

2:50 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Crude oil price can drop to $55-60/bbl by Dec: Premasish Das

Stock Market LIVE Updates:  It has been a volatile first half for crude oil prices as they dealt with geopolitical developments and US' tariff-related threats. Singapore-based Premasish Das, executive director for oil markets research and analysis at S&P Global Commodity Insights, tells Puneet Wadhwa on the sidelines of their Commodity Market Insights Forum in New Delhi that the oil markets are expecting oversupply and weak demand in the second half of 2025. READ EXCERPTS

2:38 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: IndiGo, Max Health to see inclusion in Nifty Sept rejig

Stock Market LIVE Updates: India's largest airline operator, InterGlobe Aviation, and hospital chain Max Healthcare are likely to enter the benchmark Nifty50 index in the September 2025 review, according to analysts at Nuvama Institutional Equities.

 

The September Nifty 50 review is likely to be "action-packed," Nuvama said in the report. READ MORE

2:21 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Tata Power Renewables adds record 752 MW of solar capacity in Q1FY26

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Tata Power Renewables on Thursday said it has commissioned a record 752 megawatt (MW) of solar projects in April-June 2025-26, following which its total utility-scale operational capacity stood at 5.6 GW. READ MORE

2:12 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Cryogenic OGS IPO sees strong demand on day 1; booked 11x, GMP at 42%

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The initial public offering (IPO) of measurement and filtration equipment maker Cryogenic OGS opened for subscription today, July 3, 2025. 

 

The SME public issue is receiving a robust response from investors, as the issue was fully subscribed within a few hours after opening. The issue was subscribed over 11 times as of 1:45 PM on Thursday. READ MORE

2:01 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 2PM market update; Nifty, Sensex trade with caution

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Domestic equities continued to trade cautious on Thursday, as investors remain on edge on India's trade deal with the US. At 2 PM, the BSE Sensex was trading at 83,588.77 levels, up 179.17 points or 0.20 per cent, while the Nifty50 was trading at 25,502.85 level, up 49.45 points or 0.19 per cent.

 

1:50 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Real estate institutional investments decline by 33% in Q2 CY25

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Institutional investments in Indian real estate declined by 33 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to $1.7 billion in the second quarter of the calendar year 2025 (Q2 CY25), as global investors remained cautious amid the evolving macroeconomic scenario, the flow of credit, and inflationary pressures. READ MORE

1:40 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Here's why Arkade Developers' share price is in demand today

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Real estate firm Arkade Developers' share price was in demand after the company announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Filmistan Pvt Ltd for a total consideration of approximately ₹183 crore. 

 

Around 1:30 PM, Arkade Developers share price continued to trade near day’s high, up 4.51 per cent at 196.95 per share. READ MORE

1:30 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: SpiceJet shares fly 3% in trade; here's what is boosting investor interest

Stock Market LIVE Updates: SpiceJet share price rose 3.2 per cent in trade, logging an intraday high at ₹40.75 per share after the company received its first two overhauled engines and ungrounded another Boeing 737 NG aircraft. 

 

At 12:54 PM, Spicejet shares were trading 2.74 per cent higher at ₹40.56 per share on the BSE. In comparison, the BSE Sensex was up 0.28 per cent at 83,642.07. 

 

These include a CFM LEAP‐1B engine that powers the Boeing 737 MAX, overhauled at StandardAero’s Houston, US facility, and one Q400 engine, received from StandardAero’s Singapore facility. READ MORE

1:23 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Bajel Projects shares rise 5% on 'mega' order from Power Grid Corp

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of Bajel Projects rose 5 per cent on Thursday after it secured an order from Power Grid Corporation worth ₹300 crore to ₹400 crore for a 400kV transmission line.

 

The heavy electrical equipment maker's stock rose as much as 5 per cent to hit an upper circuit of ₹242.7 per share, the highest level since January 1 this year. This compares to a 0.35 per cent advance in Nifty 50 as of 12:55 PM. 

The order falls under the Transmission Line Package TL04 for the Siwani–Jind (PG) 400kV double circuit (quad) transmission line, part of the REZ Phase IV (6GW) Bikaner Complex. READ MORE

1:12 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Lodha stock tests 'Head & Shoulders' neckline support; check downside risk

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Macrotech Developers (Lodha) stock price has declined by 10 per cent from its June high of ₹1,531. In the process, the stock is now seen testing support around the 'Head & Shoulders' neckline on the chart.

 

The daily chart shows that Lodha stock has already dipped below the upper neckline support, which stood around ₹1,420 levels, and is now seen testing the broader neckline support, which stands around ₹1,365 levels.

 

Technically, a breakdown from the 'Headers & Shoulders' pattern is considered a bearish (negative) development for the stock, indicating a likely bearish reversal. READ MORE

1:02 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 1 PM Market Update

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, were trading higher on Thursday as investors were assessing reports that the US and India could soon finalise a trade deal to avoid US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

 

At 1 PM, the BSE Sensex was trading at 83,588 levels, up 178 points or 0.21 per cent, while the Nifty50 was trading around 25,500 level, up 46.7 points or 0.18 per cent.

12:56 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: PNB shares slip after reporting Q1 business updates; details here

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of Punjab National Bank fell nearly 3 per cent on Thursday after the lender reported its business update for the first quarter of the current financial year. 

 

The lender's stock fell as much as 2.83 per cent during the day to ₹110.6 per share, the steepest intraday fall since May 8 this year. The stock pared some losses to trade 2.3 per cent lower at ₹111.1 apiece. 

 

Punjab National Bank's provisional global business rose 11.6 per cent year-on-year to ₹27.19 lakh crore. On a sequential basis, the bank’s global business grew 1.4 per cent from per cent ₹26.83 lakh crore in March 2025. READ MORE

12:43 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: This smallcap household appliances share price rises 2% today; check why

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India share price rose sharply on Thursday, July 3, 2025, with the stock rising as much as 2.01 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹1,778.95 per share after the board declared an interim dividend of ₹36 per equity share (360 per cent) of ₹10 each for the year 2025-26.

 

At 12:16 PM, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India share price continued to trade higher, up 1.55 per cent at ₹1,770.85 per share. In comparison, BSE Sensex was trading 0.22 per cent higher at 83,590.54 levels.

 

The record date, meanwhile, for the purpose of determining the members eligible to receive the interim dividend for the financial year 2025-26, has been fixed as July 9, 2025. READ MORE

12:31 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Elara Capital predicts up to 10% upside in Nifty on easing US Dollar

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The month of July might have started on a quiet note for D-Street investors, but global cues are setting stage for a potential upside of 8-10 per cent, believe analysts at Elara Securities. A softer US dollar and easing crude prices, they said, are expected to provide support to Indian equities in the near-term.

 

So far in calendar year 2025, Nifty has generated  7.5 per cent returns. This, however, is below the median returns of 15 per cent which the benchmark has generated during the previous cycles of a falling Dollar index. READ MORE

12:21 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Asian Paints, Kalyan Jewellers test 200-DMA hurdle; what to expect next?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Share prices of Asian Paints and Kalyan Jewellers were seen testing the key long-term - 200-Day Moving Average (200-DMA) after a long gap. Asian Paints was seen testing its 200-DMA hurdle, which stands at ₹2,447 after a gap of eight months, while Kalyan Jewellers stock was testing its 200-DMA resistance at ₹595 after nearly six months.

 

The 200-DMA, also commonly referred to as the long-term moving average, is a technical indicator in determining a trend of the stock. In general, stocks trading above the 200-DMA are considered bullish (positive) and vice versa. Hence, traders and investors tend to closely track this key moving average. READ MORE

12:12 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: HDB Financial Services rises 6% a day after listing; stock up 20% in 2 days

Stock Market LIVE Updates: HDB Financial Services share price spiked 6 per cent in trade amid heavy volumes and a day after making a positive market debut. The scrip extended its rally for the second day and touched all-time high at ₹891.65 per share. On BSE, at 11:33 AM, 2.14 million shares were traded while on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), 21.4 million shares changed hands. 

 

At 11:34 AM, HDB Financial shares were trading 3.67 per cent higher at ₹871.8 per share on the BSE. Emkay Global Financial Services initiated coverage on HDB Financial with a 'Buy' rating, keeping the target at ₹900 per share. READ MORE

12:05 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 12 PM Update- Sensex up 200 pts; Nifty above 25,500

Stock Market LIVE Updates: BSE Sensex was quoting 83,612.75, up 203 points or 0.24 per cent in the afternoon deal. Similarly, NSE Nifty50 was at 25,503.35, up 49.95 points or 0.2 per cent. 

On the sectoral front, IT, FMCG, metal, pharma, and oil & gas counters saw buying.

11:50 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Crizac IPO Day 2 update; check subscription status, GMP, key dates

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The initial public offering (IPO) of B2B education platform Crizac has received a lacklustre response from investors so far. The SME offering, which opened for public subscription on Wednesday, July 2, has received bids for 2,61,08,122 shares, against 2,58,36,909 on offer, leading to a subscription of 1.01 times at 11:30 AM on Thursday, showed NSE data. READ MORE 

11:38 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: This smallcap agri-related stock zooms 353% in 4 months. Do you own?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: NACL Industries (NACL) shares hit a new high of ₹252.20, and were locked at the 5 per cent upper circuit on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade. The stock price of the pesticides & agrochemicals company was locked in the upper circuit for the seventh straight trading day, having rallied 40 per cent during this period.  In the past five months, it has skyrocketed by 353 per cent from a level of ₹55.72 on the BSE.

 

Currently, NACL trades under 'T' or Trade-for-Trade (T) group. The T group is a surveillance measure that requires securities to be settled on a trade-to-trade basis. READ MORE

11:29 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: HDB Financial Services rises 6%

Stock Market LIVE Updates: HDB Financial Services shares gained 6 per cent in trade, extending rally for the second session and logging an intraday high at ₹891.65 per share. The stock also touched 52-week high a day after making stock market debut. 

11:16 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indogulf Cropsciences makes flat D-street debut, lists at ₹111 on BSE

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indogulf Cropsciences made a flat stock market debut on Thursday, July 3, 2025, listing at ₹111 per share on the BSE. On the NSE, the stock opened at ₹111 the upper end price. Post-listing, the stock was trading at ₹110.5, down 0.4 per cent from the listing price.

 

Indogulf Cropsciences shares underperformed its grey market expectations. Prior to the listing, the company’s shares were commanding a grey market premium (GMP) of ₹18, or 16.2 per cent, with unofficial trading quoting the stock at ₹129 apiece, according to market sources. READ MORE