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Bourses remain in green in early afternoon session
Jan-16-2026

Indian markets continued to trade with gains in early afternoon session. Hefty buying was witnessed in IT and TECK sector’s stocks. Traders took some support as the commerce ministry’s data showed that India’s merchandise exports rose 1.87 per cent to $38.5 billion in December 2025 as compared to $37.80 billion in December 2024, despite persistent global economic headwinds. Merchandise imports during December 2025 were $63.55 billion as compared to $58.43 billion in December 2024. Sector wise, Agriculture stocks remained in limelight as Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the country's wheat production is likely to surpass last year's record of 117.94 million tonne due to higher acreage and favourable crop conditions.  Wheat has been sown in a record area of 33.41 million hectares as of January 2 in the 2025-26 rabi season, compared with 32.80 million hectares a year earlier. On the global front, Asian markets were trading mixed with easing geopolitical concerns about a confrontation between the U.S. and Iran.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 83904.09, up by 521.38 points or 0.63% after trading in a range of 83510.34 and 84134.97. There were 21 stocks advancing against 9 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index gained 0.48%, while Small cap index was up by 0.03%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were IT up by 3.53%, TECK up by 2.46%, Realty up by 1.34%, Bankex up by 0.87% and Auto was up by 0.47%, while Healthcare down by 0.59%, Capital Goods down by 0.57%, Telecom down by 0.39%, Consumer Durables down by 0.34% and Power was down by 0.21% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Infosys up by 5.38%, Tech Mahindra up by 3.51%, Mahindra & Mahindra up by 1.86%, SBI up by 1.61% and HCL Tech up by 1.03%. On the flip side, Eternal down by 1.69%, Sun Pharma down by 1.37%, Bharat Electronics down by 1.26%, ITC down by 0.99% and Axis Bank was down by 0.62% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that India’s merchandise exports rose 1.87 per cent to $38.5 billion in December 2025 as compared to $37.80 billion in December 2024, despite persistent global economic headwinds. Merchandise imports during December 2025 were $63.55 billion as compared to $58.43 billion in December 2024. As a result, the trade deficit, (difference between imports and exports) widened to $25 billion in December of 2025 from $20.6 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year, marking the sharpest trade gap for the month on record. 

According to the data, cumulatively, merchandise exports were up 2.44 per cent to $330.29 billion during April- December 2025 as compared to $322.41 billion during April- December 2024. Merchandise imports rose by 5.90 per cent to $578.61 billion during April- December 2025 as compared to $546.36 billion during April- December 2024. Merchandise trade deficit during April- December 2025 was $248.32 billion as compared to $223.96 billion during April- December 2024.    

Non-petroleum and non-gems & jewellery exports in December 2025 were $32.02 billion as compared to $30.96 billion in December 2024. Non-petroleum and non-gems & jewellery exports in April-December 2025 were $266.94 billion, compared to $251.73 billion in April-December 2024. Non-petroleum, non-gems & jewellery (gold, silver & precious metals) imports in December 2025 were $42.72 billion as compared to $38.44 billion in December 2024. Non-petroleum, non-gems & jewellery (gold, silver & precious metals) imports in April-December 2025 were $371.93 billion, as compared to $339.67 billion in April-December 2024.   

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25810.85, up by 145.25 points or 0.57% after trading in a range of 25678.40 and 25873.50. There were 31 stocks advancing against 19 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Infosys up by 5.59%, Tech Mahindra up by 4.29%, Wipro up by 3.42%, Shriram Finance up by 3.14% and Tata Motors Passenger up by 2.44%. On the flip side, Cipla down by 2.13%, Hindalco down by 1.50%, Sun Pharma down by 1.50%, Eternal down by 1.49% and Bharat Electronics down by 1.46% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading mixed; Taiwan Weighted added 598.12 points or 1.9% to 31,408.70, KOSPI increased 43.19 points or 0.89% to 4,840.74 and Straits Times was up by 7.26 points or 0.15% to 4,840.60. On the flip side, Shanghai Composite weakened 10.69 points or 0.26% to 4,101.91, Nikkei 225 slipped 44.5 points or 0.08% to 54,066.00 and Hang Seng was down by 133.62 points or 0.5% to 26,790.00.
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