Market strengthened after initial decline, Sensex-Nifty boom

9:45 am | 21 March 2025

The stock market has come into a strong position by recovering from the initial weakness. The Sensex rose by 241 points to 76,589, while the Nifty is trading 75 points to 23,265. Bajaj Finance, Hero MotoCorp, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto and Nestle Nifty are among the top gainers.

9:15 am | Sluggish start of market

The market opened with a slight decline on Friday after four consecutive days of rise.

• Sensex declined by 193 points at 76,155
• Nifty declines by 22 points at 23,168

Global signal and previous day performance

The fourth consecutive session rally was seen in the Indian stock market on Thursday.

• The Sensex climbed 899.01 points (1.19%) to close at 76,348.06.
• The Nifty rose 283.05 points (1.24%) to close at 23,190.65.
  However, the market started today sluggish due to mixed trends in Asian markets and weakness of American markets.

Asian markets

• Japan’s Nikkei 225 – 0.34% above
• Topics Index – 0.27% above
• South Korea’s Kospi – 0.16% below
• Kosdac – 0.86% below
• Hong Kong Hang Seng Futures – A Hint for Weak Start

Gift nifty update

The gift Nifty is trading at a level of 23,220, showing a premium of 20 points from the previous bandh. It is indicating a flat-to-positive start for the Indian market.

Wall Street Performance

The US stock market closed down on Thursday.

• Dow Jones – 11.31 points (0.03%) fell to 41,953.32
• S&P 500 – 12.40 points (0.22%) fell to 5,662.89
• Nasdaq – 59.16 points (0.33%) falls to 17,691.63