Among Sensex shares, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Zomato, Nestle, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti and Titan were the biggest gainers.
Market Closing Bell: Equity Benchmark BSE Sensex recovered 147 points in a range-bound trade on Tuesday i.e. February 25, 2025. With this, Sensex has ended its five-day slide on the back of buying in financial and FMCG shares.
The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 147.71 points or 0.20 per cent to settle at 74,602.12 with 17 of its constituents ending higher and 13 lower. During the day, it rallied 330.67 points or 0.44 per cent to 74,785.08.
The broader Nifty of NSE, however, fell for the sixth day slipping by 5.80 points or 0.03 per cent to finish at 22,547.55 due to fag-end selling in pharma, metal and IT shares.
Weak Asian and US markets along with foreign fund outflows made investors risk-averse, analysts said.
Among Sensex shares, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Zomato, Nestle, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti and Titan were the biggest gainers.
Sun Pharma, Power Grid, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Asian Paints and Tata Motors were among the laggards.
In the last five trading sessions, the BSE barometer lost 1,542.45 points or 2 per cent.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 6,286.70 crore on Monday, while DIIs bought equities worth Rs 5,185.65 crore, according to exchange data.
In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong settled lower. Equity markets in Europe were trading mostly higher. US markets ended mostly in the negative territory on Monday.
The Sensex had tanked 856.65 points, or 1.14 per cent, to settle at 74,454.41 on Monday while the Nifty declined 242.55 points, or 1.06 per cent, to 22,553.35.
Stock markets will remain closed on Wednesday for ‘Mahashivratri’.
(With PTI inputs)
