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Post Session: Quick Review
Oct-31-2025

Indian equity benchmarks closed near day’s low points on Friday, amid broad-based selling across sectors. After making negative start, soon markets wiped-out losses to trade higher as traders took some support from positive corporate earnings and easing global trade tensions. However, in late morning session, markets slipped into red and remained under pressure throughout the session, primarily due to renewed selling by foreign investors.

Some of the important factors in trade:

Foreign fund outflows: The fund outflows from foreign institutional investors (FIIs) weighed on trading sentiments. The FIIs were the net seller on Thursday’s session, offloading equities worth Rs 3,077.59 crore.

India’s engineering goods exports grow in September: Traders overlooked Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC) India said that India's engineering goods exports maintained a growth trajectory for the fourth consecutive month in September, with a 2.93 per cent rise year-on-year to $10.11 billion.

Finance Minister embarks on 4-day official visit to Bhutan: Traders took note of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has embarked on a four-day official visit to Bhutan to further strengthen the partnership with the neighbouring country.

Global front: European markets were trading in red ahead of key Eurozone inflation data due later in the day. Asian markets ended mostly in red following weak cues from the US markets overnight.

The BSE Sensex ended at 83938.71, down by 465.75 points or 0.55% after trading in a range of 83905.66 and 84712.79. There were 5 stocks advancing against 25 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The broader indices ended in red; the BSE Mid cap index was down by 0.55%, while Small cap index down by 0.40%. (Provisional)

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Capital Goods up by 0.41%, Industrials up by 0.36%, PSU up by 0.31%, Oil & Gas up by 0.24% and Energy up by 0.15%, while Utilities down by 1.28%, Metal down by 1.15%, Power down by 1.03%, Basic Materials down by 0.90% and Telecom down by 0.87% were the top losing indices on BSE. (Provisional)

The top gainers on the Sensex were Bharat Electronics up by 3.92%, Larsen & Toubro up by 1.01%, TCS up by 0.84%, ITC up by 0.44% and SBI up by 0.31%. On the flip side, Eternal down by 3.45%, NTPC down by 2.55%, Kotak Mahindra Bank down by 1.57%, Bajaj Finserv down by 1.26% and ICICI Bank down by 1.21% were the top losers. (Provisional)

Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that China granted licences to certain Indian companies to import rare earth magnets. China’s decision to ease restrictions on supply of rare earth minerals to India came amid efforts by the two sides to normalise the bilateral ties that came under severe strain following the over four-year military face-off along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.

China’s decision to grant licenses to the Indian companies is being seen as part of overall efforts to rebuild the ties between the two sides. Rare earth minerals are considered vital for high-end technology products including electric vehicles (EVs), drones, and battery storage. China has been a dominant player in the critical minerals supply chain globally. 

India has been looking at a steady supply of rare earth minerals to fuel its economic growth. China accounts for around 70 per cent of global rare earth mining that makes it a very dominant player in the global supply chain of the critical minerals.

The CNX Nifty ended at 25722.10, down by 155.75 points or 0.60% after trading in a range of 25711.20 and 25953.75. There were 9 stocks advancing against 41 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The top gainers on Nifty were Bharat Electronics up by 3.95%, Eicher Motors up by 1.71%, Shriram Finance up by 1.44%, Larsen & Toubro up by 1.09% and TCS up by 0.75%. On the flip side, Eternal down by 3.52%, Max Healthcare Inst down by 2.61%, Cipla down by 2.52%, NTPC down by 2.38% and Grasim Industries down by 1.99% were the top losers. (Provisional)

European markets were trading lower; UK’s FTSE 100 decreased 51.86 points or 0.53% to 9,708.20, Germany’s DAX lost 136.49 points or 0.57% to 23,982.40 and France’s CAC fell 37.19 points or 0.46% to 8,120.10.

Asian markets settled mostly down on Friday tracking Wall Street’s fall from record highs overnight, despite the United States's trade truce with China and profits of Big Technology giants exceeding expectations. Chinese and Hong Kong shares fell after an official survey showed a measure of China's manufacturing activity contracted more than expected to hit a six-month low of 49.0 in October, down from 49.8 in September. However, Japan's Nikkei hit a record high on the back of a weaker yen, strong gains in the technology sector fueled by optimism over AI's potential and hopes for aggressive fiscal stimulus under the Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

3,954.79

-32.11

-0.81

Hang Seng

25,906.65

-376.04

-1.43

Jakarta Composite

8,163.88

-20.18

-0.25

KLSE Composite

1,609.15

-5.05

-0.31

Nikkei 225

52,411.34

1,085.73

2.12

Straits Times

4,428.62

-8.82

-0.20

KOSPI Composite

4,107.50

20.61

0.50

Taiwan Weighted

28,233.35

-54.18

-0.19
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