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Bourses continue to trade in green in early afternoon session
Aug-14-2025

Indian markets continued to trade in green territory in early afternoon session following a drop in Wholesale price inflation (WPI) data. Sentiments were positive as WPI stayed in negative territory for the second consecutive month at (-) 0.58 per cent in July, as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, even though prices of manufactured items increased. WPI-based inflation was (-) 0.13 per cent in June. It was 2.10 per cent in July last year. Besides, Crisil in its research report for August has said that India's headline inflation is expected to average 3.5% this fiscal year (FY26), as compared to 4.6% in the last financial year. On the global front, Asian markets were trading mostly in red ahead of the August 15 meeting between the U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 80639.75, up by 99.84 points or 0.12% after trading in a range of 80489.86 and 80751.18. There were 13 stocks advancing against 17 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in red; the BSE Mid cap index declined 0.15%, while Small cap index was down by 0.40%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were IT up by 0.80%, TECK up by 0.70%, Consumer Durables up by 0.66%, Bankex up by 0.24% and Telecom was up by 0.18%, while Metal down by 1.21%, Oil & Gas down by 0.89%, Realty down by 0.86%, Energy down by 0.80% and Basic Materials was down by 0.67% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Infosys up by 1.86%, Eternal up by 1.15%, HDFC Bank up by 0.73%, Bajaj Finserv up by 0.63% and ICICI Bank up by 0.52%. On the flip side, Tata Steel down by 1.75%, Adani Ports down by 1.58%, Bharat Electronics down by 1.29%, Ultratech Cement down by 1.15% and Larsen & Toubro down by 0.90% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran has said that US tariffs-related challenges will dissipate in the next one or two quarters. He also urged the private sector to do more as the country navigates through other longer-term challenges. Meanwhile, he attributed the growth slowdown in FY25, which saw a deceleration to 6.5 percent from FY24's 9.2 percent, to tight credit conditions and liquidity issues. Further, he suggested that the right agriculture policies can add 25 percent to real GDP growth.

On US tariffs, he said that it is the second and third order impacts, which will flow once sectors like gems and jewellery, shrimps and textiles have taken the first order brunt, that will be more difficult to tackle. Meanwhile, he assured that the government is aware of the situation and is in conversations with the impacted sectors. He hinted that things are very fluid at the world stage with relations swinging from cooperation to stalemate. 

On China, he emphasised the need to understand the security dimension and raised concerns about $100 billion trade deficit with China. As a solution, he suggested that there is a need to diversify the sources of imports and the private sector will have a role to play there. Meanwhile, stating that AI will cause labour displacement, he pitched for caution in AI adoption and added that ‘we will have to choose the areas in which we allow AI to be deployed and harnessed, and also the speed with which we do so’. He added that there is a need to create at least 80 lakh new jobs per annum in the next 10 to 12 years.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 24641.95, up by 22.60 points or 0.09% after trading in a range of 24603.70 and 24673.65. There were 21 stocks advancing against 28 stocks declining on the index, while 1 stock remained unchanged. 

The top gainers on Nifty were Wipro up by 2.12%, Infosys up by 1.88%, HDFC Life Insurance up by 1.35%, Eternal up by 1.14% and HDFC Bank up by 0.74%. On the flip side, Tata Steel down by 1.82%, Adani Ports down by 1.60%, Bharat Electronics down by 1.32%, Hindalco down by 1.05% and Ultratech Cement down by 1.04% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 slipped 581.67 points or 1.36% to 42,693.00, Hang Seng declined 154.67 points or 0.6% to 25,459.00, Taiwan Weighted lost 131.92 points or 0.54% to 24,238.10, Straits Times fell 19.98 points or 0.47% to 4,252.78 and Shanghai Composite was down by 17.02 points or 0.46% to 3,666.44. On the flip side, KOSPI increased 1.29 points or 0.04% to 3,225.66 and Jakarta Composite was up by 67.28 points or 0.85% to 7,960.19.
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