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Bourses continue gaining momentum in early afternoon session
Sep-16-2025

Indian markets continued their gaining momentum in early afternoon session as traders preferred to buy fundamental strong stocks. Investors took note of report that Chief negotiators of India and the US have commenced talks on the proposed trade agreement to iron out issues in the wake of steep tariffs that have created uncertainties for exporters. Besides, commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that India's merchandise exports rose 6.71 per cent to $35.1 billion in August 2025 as compared to $32.89 billion in August 2024. Imports declined by 10.12 per cent year-on-year to $61.59 billion in August 2025 as compared to $68.53 billion in August 2024. On the global front, Asian markets were trading mostly in green as traders remained optimistic about an interest rate cut by the US Fed ahead of the Fed's monetary policy announcement on Wednesday.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 82160.13, up by 374.39 points or 0.46% after trading in a range of 81779.94 and 82168.32. There were 23 stocks advancing against 7 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index gained 0.41%, while Small cap index was up by 0.60%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Telecom up by 1.43%, Utilities up by 0.95%, Auto up by 0.88%, Power up by 0.88% and Industrials was up by 0.79%, while there were no losing sectoral indices on the BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 2.71%, Larsen & Toubro up by 1.94%, Axis Bank up by 1.80%, Bharti Airtel up by 1.64% and Ultratech Cement up by 1.19%. On the flip side, Bajaj Finance down by 0.83%, Titan Company down by 0.47%, Infosys down by 0.20%, Tech Mahindra down by 0.19% and HDFC Bank down by 0.13% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that India's merchandise exports rose 6.71 per cent to $35.1 billion in August 2025 as compared to $32.89 billion in August 2024. Imports declined by 10.12 per cent year-on-year to $61.59 billion in August 2025 as compared to $68.53 billion in August 2024. Gold imports were down nearly 56 per cent in August, helping to trim merchandise trade deficit to $26.49 billion in August 2025, as against $35.64 billion in the year-ago month.  

According to the data, merchandise exports during April-August 2025 were $184.13 billion as compared to $179.60 billion during April-August 2024. Merchandise imports during April-August 2025 were $306.52 billion as compared to $300.12 billion during April-August 2024. Merchandise trade deficit during April-August 2025 was $122.39 billion as compared to $120.52 billion during April-August 2024.

Non-petroleum and non-gems & jewellery exports in August 2025 were $28.31 billion as compared to $26.68 billion in August 2024. Non-petroleum and non-gems & jewellery exports in April-August 2025 were $146.71 billion as compared to $136.13 billion in April-August 2024. Non-petroleum, non-gems & jewellery (gold, silver & precious metals) imports in August 2025 were $41.02 billion as compared to $41.41 billion in August 2024. Non-petroleum, non-gems & jewellery (gold, silver & precious metals) imports in April-August 2025 were $201.76 billion as compared to $188.01 billion in April-August 2024.   

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25175.75, up by 106.55 points or 0.43% after trading in a range of 25070.45 and 25181.85. There were 38 stocks advancing against 12 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 2.71%, Larsen & Toubro up by 1.78%, Axis Bank up by 1.77%, Bharti Airtel up by 1.74% and NTPC up by 1.25%. On the flip side, Shriram Finance down by 1.05%, Bajaj Finance down by 0.55%, Tata Consumer down by 0.55%, Titan Company down by 0.46% and HDFC Life Insurance down by 0.27% were the top losers. 

Asian markets were trading mostly in green; Taiwan Weighted added 272.48 points or 1.06% to 25,629.64, Nikkei 225 surged 236.88 points or 0.53% to 45,005.00, Hang Seng advanced 80.44 points or 0.3% to 26,527.00, KOSPI increased 42.31 points or 1.23% to 3,449.62 and Shanghai Composite was up by 1.07 points or 0.03% to 3,861.57. On the flip side, Straits Times fell 9.55 points or 0.22% to 4,328.87 and Jakarta Composite was down by 16.13 points or 0.2% to 7,920.99.

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