Sensex and Nifty-50 end a two-day losing streak spearheaded by banking giants
July-21, 2025: Major takeaways from today’s Indian stock market: The Nifty 50 closed 122 points, or 0.49 percent, higher at 25,090.70, while the Sensex increased 443 points, or 0.54%, to conclude at 82,200.34.
The benchmark index and the BSE Midcap index both increased by 0.55%. The BSE Smallcap index, meanwhile, finished flat.
The benchmarks, ended strong due to advances in banking giants like HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank.
Prior to the company’s Q1 report, Eternal’s shares also made a substantial contribution to the benchmarks’ surge.
Investors gained around ₹2 lakh crore in a single session as the total market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies increased to ₹460 lakh crore from ₹458.4 lakh crore in the previous session.
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However, the gains for the benchmarks were limited by a decline of more than 3% in Reliance shares. Other notable drags were TCS, ITC, and HUL.
Since Trump’s tariffs continue to be a major issue for markets around the world, global cues were mainly mixed.
Top Nifty 50 index gainers
With Eternal (up 7.50 percent), ICICI Bank (up 2.71%), and HDFC Bank (up 2.25%) concluding as the top gainers, 28 index components ended higher.
The Nifty 50 index’s top losers
The index’s biggest losers were Reliance Industries’ (down 3.24%), Wipro’s (down 2.27%), and IndusInd Bank’s (down 2.19%) shares.
Today’s sectoral indices saw strong advances of 1.19 percent and 1.62%, respectively, with Nifty Bank and Financial Services taking the stage.
The PSU Bank index fell 0.62 percent, while Nifty Private Bank saw a robust increase of 1.26 percent.
The Nifty Metal index increased by 1.03%. Conversely, the FMCG index experienced a 0.50 percent decline.