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Markets continue to trade choppy above unchanged lines
Aug-14-2025

Indian equity markets continued to trade choppy above the unchanged lines in late afternoon session. Traders remained cautious ahead of Russia-US meeting scheduled on Friday. However, investors took support of S&P Global upgrading India's long-term sovereign credit ratings to 'BBB' from 'BBB-', citing economic resilience and sustained fiscal consolidation. Besides, S&P Global Ratings Director YeeFarn Phua has said that Trump tariffs will not have any impact on India's growth, as it is not a trade-oriented economy, and its sovereign ratings outlook will continue to remain positive.

On the global front, Asian equity markets were trading mostly in red as investors digested weak China bank lending data. European equity markets were trading mostly in green as investors assessed a slew of earnings and U.K. GDP data.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 80525.85, down by 14.06 points or 0.02% after trading in a range of 80489.86 and 80751.18. There were 13 stocks advancing against 16 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in red; the BSE Mid cap index declined 0.34%, while Small cap index was down by 0.60%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Consumer Durables up by 0.71%, IT up by 0.50%, TECK up by 0.43%, Consumer Disc up by 0.12% and Bankex up by 0.10%, while Metal down by 1.71%, Oil & Gas down by 1.13%, Energy down by 1.02%, Realty down by 0.96% and Basic Materials down by 0.92% were the losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Eternal up by 2.31%, Infosys up by 1.74%, Asian Paints up by 0.93%, Bajaj Finserv up by 0.86% and Titan Company up by 0.70%. On the flip side, Tata Steel down by 2.90%, Adani Ports & SEZ down by 1.71%, Tech Mahindra down by 1.22%, Bharat Electronics down by 1.05% and Ultratech Cement down by 0.87% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, the inflation based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stayed in negative territory for the second consecutive month at (-) 0.58% in July 2025, as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, even though prices of manufactured items increased. WPI inflation was (-) 0.13% in June, while it was 2.10% in July last year. As per WPI data, food articles saw a deflation of 6.29% in July, as against a deflation of 3.75% in June, with vegetables witnessing a sharp drop.

The component wise, primary articles index, having weight of 22.62%, increased by 1.18% to 188.0 (provisional) in July, 2025 from 185.8 (provisional) for the month of June, 2025, as price of Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, non-food articles and food articles increased in July, 2025 as compared to June, 2025. However, the price of minerals decreased in July, 2025 as compared to June, 2025.

Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, increased by 1.12% to 144.6 (provisional) in July, 2025 from 143.0 (provisional) for the month of June, 2025 as price of mineral oils increased in July, 2025 as compared to June, 2025. On the other hand, price of coal and electricity decreased in the reporting period.

Besides, Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, declined by 0.14% to 144.6 (provisional) in July, 2025 from 144.8 (provisional) for the month of June, 2025. Meanwhile, for the month of May, 2025, the final Wholesale Price Index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 153.7 and 0.13% respectively.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 24629.25, up by 9.90 points or 0.04% after trading in a range of 24596.90 and 24673.65. There were 22 stocks advancing against 28 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Wipro up by 2.38%, Eternal up by 2.29%, Infosys up by 1.68%, HDFC Life Insurance up by 1.38% and Asian Paints up by 0.99%. On the flip side, Tata Steel down by 2.85%, Adani Ports & SEZ down by 1.73%, JSW Steel down by 1.21%, Hero MotoCorp down by 1.11% and Hindalco down by 1.10% were the top losers.

Asian equity markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 slipped 581.67 points or 1.36% to 42,693.00, Hang Seng declined 132.67 points or 0.52% to 25,481.00, Taiwan Weighted lost 131.92 points or 0.54% to 24,238.10, Shanghai Composite weakened 17.02 points or 0.46% to 3,666.44 and Straits Times fell 20.71 points or 0.49% to 4,252.05, while Jakarta Composite gained 46.8 points or 0.59% to 7,939.71 and KOSPI increased 1.29 points or 0.04% to 3,225.66.

European equity markets were trading mostly in green; Germany’s DAX gained 76.91 points or 0.32% to 24,262.50 and France’s CAC rose 26.03 points or 0.33% to 7,831.00, while UK’s FTSE 100 decreased 3.58 points or 0.04% to 9,161.65.
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