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Bourses add points in early afternoon session
Dec-11-2025

Indian markets extended their gains in early afternoon session and currently traded at day’s high levels. There were no losing sectoral indices on the BSE. Hefty buying in auto and banking sector stocks helped markets to trade higher. Besides, US Federal Reserve slashed key interest rate by 25 basis points. Traders took note of report that Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that negotiations for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Oman and New Zealand are in their last phase, and both are expected to be concluded soon. He said New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay is visiting New Delhi on December 12, 2025 for FTAs negotiations, as that are reaching the last phase. On the global front, Asian markets were trading mostly in red even after confidence among Japanese manufacturing companies improved in the fourth quarter. The business survey index for manufacturers rose to 4.7 in the fourth quarter from 3.8 in the third quarter. However, the index is forecast to fall to 1.1 in the first quarter of 2026.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 84875.54, up by 484.27 points or 0.57% after trading in a range of 84150.19 and 84898.19. There were 22 stocks advancing against 8 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index gained 0.73%, while Small cap index was up by 0.43%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Auto up by 0.94%, Bankex up by 0.86%, Realty up by 0.79%, Consumer discretionary up by 0.75% and Healthcare was up by 0.72%, while there were no losing sectoral indices on the BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 3.40%, Eternal up by 2.33%, Maruti Suzuki up by 1.58%, Tata Steel up by 1.33% and HDFC Bank up by 1.13%. On the flip side, Bharti Airtel down by 0.89%, Asian Paints down by 0.46%, Titan Company down by 0.19%, Axis Bank down by 0.17% and ITC down by 0.15% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the government has met the target to reduce logistics cost to 9 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from as high as 16 per cent due to good roads. He said there is a need to switch to alternative fuel, biofuel, and particularly hydrogen as part of logistics and expressed confidence that India will become an exporter of energy within 10 years. He noted that the cost of logistics in China is 8 per cent of GDP, 12 per cent in Europe and the US but in India it was as high as 16 per cent.

He said besides good roads, the government is also taking preventive measures in the fuel space as well. He said ‘We have the import of fossil fuel of Rs 22 lakh crore and because of that, we are facing a lot of pollution problems. People in Delhi are already facing a crucial problem because of fossil fuel pollution. 40 per cent of the air pollution is because of the transport sector, where I am the minister for that. We have taken the decision to change the fuel.’ He said now there are electric vehicles but still biofuel is top priority for the government even in alternative fuels.

The minister said ‘I remember at a time when I launched the first electric vehicle, the cost of the lithium ion battery was $150 per kilowatt per hour. Today it comes to $55-60 per kilowatt per hour’. He also said ‘presently, we are the importer of energy. But as a transport minister, I'm confident that in due course of time, within 10 years, we will be the exporter of energy.’

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25907.30, up by 149.30 points or 0.58% after trading in a range of 25693.25 and 25919.20. There were 41 stocks advancing against 7 stocks declining on the index, while 2 stocks remained unchanged. 

The top gainers on Nifty were Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 3.32%, Eternal up by 2.31%, JIO Financial up by 2.05%, Dr. Reddy's Lab up by 1.57% and Maruti Suzuki up by 1.54%. On the flip side, Bharti Airtel down by 0.83%, Asian Paints down by 0.37%, Titan Company down by 0.28%, HDFC Life Insurance down by 0.21% and ITC down by 0.17% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 slipped 403.8 points or 0.8% to 50,199.00, Taiwan Weighted lost 375.98 points or 1.34% to 28,024.75, Jakarta Composite plunged 33.11 points or 0.38% to 8,667.81, Hang Seng declined 32.78 points or 0.13% to 25,508.00, Shanghai Composite weakened 27.18 points or 0.7% to 3,873.32 and KOSPI was down by 24.38 points or 0.59% to 4,110.62. On the flip side, Straits Times was up by 14.99 points or 0.33% to 4,526.89.
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