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Post Session: Quick Review
Dec-15-2025

Indian equity benchmarks ended in negative territory with marginal losses on Monday, amid weak global cues. Markets made a negative start due to concerns over persistent selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and renewed uncertainty surrounding U.S.-India trade negotiations. However, sentiments improved during the afternoon session, helping the indices to recover and close near the neutral lines.

Some of the important factors in trade:

Sustained FIIs outflow: Sentiments remained downbeat as Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.

India’s retail inflation rises to 0.71% in November: Traders were also concerned as the government data showed that retail inflation inched up to 0.71 per cent in November, from a record low of 0.25 per cent in the previous month, led by rising prices of food items. 

India's WPI inflation remains in negative zone in November: Traders took note of India's wholesale price index (WPI) inflation remained in the negative zone in the month of November 2025, but the pace of decline eased compared with the previous month. 

Global front: European markets were trading higher as investors shrugged off data showing that Germany’s wholesale price inflation accelerated in November to a nine-month high. Asian markets ended mostly lower, weighed down by concerns over elevated tech valuations and disappointing economic data from China.

The BSE Sensex ended at 85213.36, down by 54.30 points or 0.06% after trading in a range of 84840.32 and 85278.63. There were 14 stocks advancing against 16 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The broader indices ended in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.16%, while Small cap index up by 0.41%. (Provisional)

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were FMCG up by 0.56%, Industrials up by 0.50%, Consumer Durables up by 0.46%, IT up by 0.31% and Basic Materials up by 0.30%, while Telecom down by 0.90%, Auto down by 0.87%, Healthcare down by 0.25%, Consumer Discretionary down by 0.25% and Power down by 0.05% were the top losing indices on BSE. (Provisional)

The top gainers on the Sensex were Hindustan Unilever up by 1.37%, Trent up by 1.11%, HCL Technologies up by 0.68%, Infosys up by 0.57% and Asian Paints up by 0.53%. On the flip side, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.92%, Maruti Suzuki down by 0.89%, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone down by 0.81%, Bajaj Finserv down by 0.75% and Titan Company down by 0.64% were the top losers. (Provisional)

Meanwhile, as India-Russia aim for $100 billion bilateral trade by 2030, it offers tremendous potential for Indian exporters to push their high-potential products like engineering goods, pharma, agri, and chemicals to Russia. Besides, the rise in exports will help India to bridge its $59 billion trade deficit with Russia. The country has exported $1.7 billion worth of goods to Russia this year, meanwhile, its imports from Russia stood at $37.4 billion. The imports from Russia grew more than tenfold to $64.24 billion in 2024 from $5.94 billion in 2020, entirely driven by mineral fuels or crude oil imports. On the other hand, Indian exports constitute just around 2.3% of Russia's import basket. 

The bilateral trade target offers great opportunity for Indian exports of agriculture and allied products. India’s agriculture and allied exports to Russia currently stood at $452 million against their global import demand of $3.9 billion. Further, the exports of engineering goods will benefit as Russia diversifies away from China. The trade of engineering goods represents widest gap with Indian exporting $90 million worth of goods to Russia, while Russia imports $2.7 billion in this segment. 

Similarly, in chemicals and plastics segment, India contributes $135 million to a demand of $2.06 billion. In pharmaceuticals space, India exported $546 million worth of pharma goods to Russia, however, Russia’s imports stood at $9.7 billion, making generics and APIs (active pharma ingredients) significant growth levers.

The CNX Nifty ended at 26027.30, down by 19.65 points or 0.08% after trading in a range of 25904.75 and 26047.15. There were 23 stocks advancing against 26 stocks declining on the index, while one stock remained unchanged. (Provisional)

The top gainers on Nifty were Interglobe Aviation up by 2.16%, Trent up by 1.22%, Hindustan Unilever up by 1.21%, HCL Technologies up by 0.79% and Wipro up by 0.73%. On the flip side, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.95%, Eicher Motors down by 1.56%, ONGC down by 1.12%, JSW Steel down by 1.02% and Bajaj Auto down by 0.83% were the top losers. (Provisional)

European markets were trading higher; France’s CAC rose 68.58 points or 0.85% to 8,137.20, UK’s FTSE 100 increased 76.52 points or 0.79% to 9,725.55, and Germany’s DAX gained 51.91 points or 0.21% to 24,238.40.

Asian markets settled mostly down on Monday with caution ahead of the release of delayed US jobs and inflation data as well as a slew of central bank decisions due this week. Market sentiments weakened further by tracking sharp losses on Wall Street last Friday as investors continued to book profits from high-flying names linked to the artificial intelligence trade on valuation concerns. The Kospi index dropped below the 4,100 levels as concerns over an artificial intelligence bubble reemerged. Chinese and Hong Kong shares fell as bondholders of distressed developer China Vanke rejected a proposal to extend a bond payment, while a slew of lacklustre economic data also dampened sentiments. November data showed that China's retail sales and industrial production growth falling short of expectations, while fixed asset investment declined more than anticipated. New home prices also contracted for the 29th consecutive month, adding to concerns about the property sector.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

3,867.92

-21.43

-0.55

Hang Seng

25,628.88

-347.91

-1.34

Jakarta Composite

8,649.66

-10.84

-0.13

KLSE Composite

1,643.72

5.91

0.36

Nikkei 225

50,168.11

-668.44

-1.31

Straits Times

4,589.17

2.72

0.06

KOSPI Composite

4,090.59

-76.57

-1.87

Taiwan Weighted

27,866.94

-331.08

-1.19
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