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Sensex, Nifty surrender gains; Metals drag
Jun 25 2026 4:46PM
Indian benchmark indices extended the winning streak on the second consecutive day with Nifty reclaiming 24,250, hitting more than a one-month high aided by easing crude oil prices and buying seen in the auto, FMCG, realty stocks. However, selling in metal, IT, oil & gas names limit the gains.

After a strong start, the market extended the gains as the day progress with Nifty hitting day's high of 24,261.60, however, afternoon session profit booking erased most of the intraday gains, closing near day's low.

At close, the Sensex was up 109.25 points or 0.14 percent at 77,100.47, and the Nifty was up 34.35 points or 0.14 percent at 24,056.

The broader indices underperformed the main indices with Nifty midcap and smallcap index falling 0.5 percent each.

The Indian market will remain shut on Friday, June 26 on account of Muharram.

On weekly basis, both BSE Sensex and Nifty ended with marginal gains.

Biggest Nifty gainers were Interglobe Aviation, M&M, Max Healthcare, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Consumer, while losers included ONGC, Power Grid Corp, Hindalco, Bharat Electronics and Tech Mahindra.

Sectoral indices ended mixed with FMCG gained 0.7%, Realty rose 0.3% and Auto index gained more than 2%, while IT, Energy, Media, Metal, Oil & Gas down 0.5-1%.

Nearly 150 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Belrise Industries, Minda Corporation, Pidilite Industries, Adani Enterprises, Aditya Birla Capital, Syrma SGS Technology, Federal Bank, AU Small Finance Bank, Navin Fluorine International and ACME Solar Holdings, among others. 

Among individual stocks, share price of Lodha Developers added 1% after 1.98 crore shares changed hands in block deal, Emcure Pharmaceuticals shares rose more than 2% after around 19.39 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.

Shares of ICICI Bank rose nearly 1 percent after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved bank's proposal to purchase an additional shareholding of up to 2 percent in ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company. Indian Railway Finance Corporation shares declined marginally after the Government of India has decided to exercise the oversubscription option to the extent of 11.24 crore equity shares in OFS.

Share price of Life Insurance Corporation slipped over 3 percent after its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sunil Agrawal resigned from the post.

The Indian rupee strengthened for the second consecutive session on June 25, ending 25 paise higher at 94.40 against the US dollar, compared with its previous close of 94.65.