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Key indices trade marginally higher in morning deals
Nov-17-2025

Indian equity benchmarks managed to keep their heads above water in morning deals, amid buying in blue-chip stocks on the back of healthy earnings performance by corporates in the second quarter. Some support also came with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s statement that the government is examining proposals to roll out certain relief measures to boost production in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). However, gains remain capped as some concern came with exchange data showed foreign institutional investors remained net sellers for the fifth day in a row and offloaded equities worth Rs 4,968.22 crore on Friday. Sector-wise, auto stocks remained in watch as the SIAM said that robust festive demand aided by price cuts owing to GST rate rejig led to record passenger vehicle, two and three-wheeler dispatches from companies to dealers in October. Total passenger vehicle wholesales in October 2025 rose to 4,60,739 units, an increase of 17 per cent compared with 3,93,238 units in October last year. On the global front, Asian markets are trading mixed due to lingering concerns around stretched tech valuations, risks around U.S. tariffs and signs of a softening U.S. jobs market.  

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 84727.51, up by 164.73 points or 0.19% after trading in a range of 84581.08 and 84844.69. There were 18 stocks advancing against 12 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index rose 0.58%, while Small cap index was up by 0.65%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were PSU up by 0.90%, Oil & Gas up by 0.84%, Bankex up by 0.74%, Power up by 0.59% and Energy up by 0.56%, while IT down by 0.24%, TECK down by 0.06% and Metal down by 0.05% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.42%, Axis Bank up by 1.19%, Bajaj Finance up by 0.99%, NTPC up by 0.64% and SBI up by 0.61%. On the flip side, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles down by 4.14%, Tata Steel down by 0.66%, Ultratech Cement down by 0.53%, Bharat Electronics down by 0.45% and TCS down by 0.44% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government is examining proposals to roll out certain relief measures to boost production in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). He also said the ministry is looking at ways and means to promote excess capacities in these zones for use in the domestic market in India.

He said this will be in a way also an import substitution because many goods that come into India from other countries get better benefits than the SEZ supplies to DTAs (domestic tariffs areas).

He stated ‘We are trying to bridge that gap and we are very hopeful that soon the output from all the SEZs will increase in a big way.’ He added ‘We are also examining what further relief we can give to the SEZs so that we can increase production in these zones.’

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25933.80, up by 23.75 points or 0.09% after trading in a range of 25906.35 and 25979.80. There were 25 stocks advancing against 25 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Shriram Finance up by 1.96%, Bajaj Auto up by 1.54%, Axis Bank up by 1.25%, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.11% and Bajaj Finance up by 0.95%. On the flip side, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles down by 4.08%, Max Healthcare Inst down by 0.73%, Tata Steel down by 0.72%, Interglobe Aviation down by 0.63% and Ultratech Cement down by 0.62% were the top losers.

Asian markets are trading mixed; Nikkei 225 slipped 103.53 points or 0.21% to 50,273.00, Shanghai Composite weakened 17.45 points or 0.44% to 3,973.04, Hang Seng declined 185.46 points or 0.7% to 26,387.00 and Straits Times fell 5.46 points or 0.12% to 4,540.61.

On the flip side, Taiwan Weighted added 164.68 points or 0.6% to 27,562.18, Jakarta Composite gained 63.76 points or 0.76% to 8,434.20 and KOSPI increased 69.99 points or 1.74% to 4,081.56.
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