Stock Market Highlights, Stock Market Today, Tuesday, February 25, 2025: Benchmark Indian equity indices settled on a mixed note on Tuesday. The 30-share Sensex ended its 5-day losing run and advanced 147.71 points, or 0.20 per cent, to settle at 74,602.12. Notably, the BSE Sensex had shed 1,542 points in the preceding five trading sessions.
The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, settled at 22,547.55, down merely 5.80 points or 0.03 per cent. The Nifty50 recorded a day's high of 22,625.30, while the day's low was 22,516.45 on Tuesday.
On the NSE, 31 out of 50 constituent stocks of the Nifty50 settled lower, dragged down by Hindalco, Dr Reddy's Labs, Trent, Hero MotoCorp, and Sun Pharma, with losses of up to 3.10 per cent. Conversely, Bharti Airtel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Nestlé India, and Titan were among the 19 stocks that settled higher, with gains of up to 2.32 per cent.
Among the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices settled down by 0.62 per cent and 0.44 per cent, respectively.
Sectoral indices on the NSE Nifty50 settled on a mixed note, with Nifty Auto, FMCG, Select Financial Services, Media, and Consumer Durables indices settling with gains of up to 0.84 per cent. On the flip side, Nifty Metal, PSU Bank, IT, Realty, and Oil & Gas indices ended in the red, with losses of up to 1.54 per cent.
Notably, the Indian equity markets will remain closed tomorrow, February 26, 2025, on account of Maha Shivaratri.