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Post Session: Quick Review
Jun-16-2026

Indian equity benchmarks ended Tuesday's session in positive territory with gains of over half a percent each, supported by strong buying in Realty, IT and Oil & Gas stocks. Renewed foreign fund inflows after a prolonged selling streak, also aided domestic sentiments. Markets made a positive start and maintained their upward momentum throughout the session, as sentiment remained upbeat amid optimism over the U.S.-Iran peace agreement, which continued to ease geopolitical concerns.

Some of the important factors in trade:

India's goods exports rise 18% to $45.2 billion in May: Traders took support with the commerce ministry’s data showing that India’s merchandise exports rose by 18.01 per cent to $45.20 billion in May 2026 as compared to $38.30 billion in May 2025, marking the highest export figure in six months.

India’s unemployment rate marginally dips to 5.5% in May: Some support also came as the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the National Statistics Office showed overall unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above has dipped marginally to 5.5 per cent in May compared to 5.6 per cent a year ago.

FIIs turns net buyers: Some support came as foreign institutional investors (FIIs) turned net buyers of equities worth Rs 200.05 crore on Monday.

On the global front: European markets were trading in green after reports suggested that U.S. President Trump may release a preliminary deal to end the war with Iran before Friday. Asian markets closed mostly higher, tracking strong cues from Wall Street overnight.

The BSE Sensex ended at 76808.48, up by 544.15 points or 0.71% after trading in a range of 76443.34 and 76846.74. There were 21 stocks advancing against 9 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 2.27%, IT up by 1.66%, TECK up by 1.20%, FMCG up by 1.12%, and Energy up by 1.00%, while Metal down by 1.25%, Basic Materials down by 0.48%, Auto down by 0.35%, Healthcare down by 0.26% were the few losing indices on BSE. (Provisional)

The top gainers on the Sensex were HCL Technologies up by 3.65%, NTPC up by 2.23%, Hindustan Unilever up by 2.14%, Bajaj Finserv up by 2.13% and Bajaj Finance up by 1.72%. On the flip side, Interglobe Aviation down by 0.86%, Ultratech Cement down by 0.82%, Maruti Suzuki down by 0.75%, Tata Steel down by 0.71% and SBI down by 0.39% were the top losers. (Provisional)

Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its preliminary data on India's Balance of Payments (BoP) has showed that India logged a current account surplus of $4.7 billion in April 2026, a sharp turnaround from the deficit of $4.8 billion recorded in the year-ago month. The turnaround was primarily driven by stronger services exports and a sharp increase in net transfer receipts. 

According to the data, the imports bill climbed to $72.5 billion in April from $65.8 billion in the same month last year, while exports expanded to $44.6 billion in April from $38.7 billion a year earlier. The merchandise trade deficit stood at $27.9 billion in April 2026, marginally higher than $27.1 billion in April 2025. Net services receipts expanded to $18.6 billion during April 2026 from $15.9 billion a year earlier, with services exports at $37 billion and services imports at $18.4 billion. Net transfers increased to $16 billion in April 2026 from $9.4 billion a year earlier.

On the capital account, India saw a net outflow of $11.3 billion in April 2026 as against a net inflow of $5.3 billion in the corresponding month last year. Net foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to $7.4 billion in April from $1.6 billion a year ago. Foreign portfolio investment (FPI) recorded a net outflow of $8.7 billion during April 2026. The overall Balance of Payments registered a deficit of $6.6 billion in April 2026, against a surplus of $0.5 billion in April 2025.  

The CNX Nifty ended at 23989.15, up by 135.25 points or 0.57% after trading in a range of 23888.20 and 24002.60. There were 30 stocks advancing against 20 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The top gainers on Nifty were HCL Technologies up by 3.67%, Tata Consumer Products up by 2.75%, Bajaj Finserv up by 2.21%, NTPC up by 2.14% and Hindustan Unilever up by 1.90%. On the flip side, Hindalco down by 3.11%, JSW Steel down by 1.66%, HDFC Life Insurance down by 1.03%, Eicher Motors down by 0.94% and Maruti Suzuki down by 0.85% were the top losers. (Provisional)

European markets were trading higher; Germany’s DAX gained 202.39 points or 0.81% to 25,096.40, France’s CAC rose 66.79 points or 0.8% to 8,450.80 and UK’s FTSE 100 increased 67.94 points or 0.65% to 10,498.56.

Asian markets settled mostly higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street’s gains overnight, with tumbling crude oil prices. US President Donald Trump assured that the Strait of Hormuz will be fully open on Friday, the day the signing ceremony is scheduled for the framework agreement between Washington and Tehran to end their war in the Middle East. Despite concerns over sticky inflation, the US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold on Wednesday under new Chair Kevin Warsh. Japan’s Nikkei marginally rose after the Bank of Japan delivered a widely expected 25 basis point rate hike to 1%, the highest since 1995, as it battles inflation caused by the Iran war. However, Chinese shares marginally fell after a mixed set of economic data from China. China's May data showed industrial output beating expectations at 4.5% but retail sales falling 0.6%, the first decline since the pandemic, as domestic demand and fixed asset investment deteriorated sharply. Meanwhile, Indonesia was closed for Islamic New Year.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

4,091.89

-4.58

-0.11

Hang Seng

24,493.95

-348.72

-1.40

Jakarta Composite

--

--

--

KLSE Composite

1,709.99

18.60

1.10

Nikkei 225

69,404.50

87.00

0.13

Straits Times

5,116.86

39.57

0.78

KOSPI Composite

8,726.60

180.62

2.11

Taiwan Weighted

45,809.19

412.20

0.91
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