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Markets maintain gains in late afternoon session
Jan-22-2026

Bourses continued to trade higher in late afternoon session as concerns about a global trade war eased after US President Donald Trump backed down from imposing tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland and ruled out using military force to take control of the territory. Besides, Trump showed optimism over a bilateral trade deal between US and India. Further, bargain hunters opted to pick up fundamentally good at lower levels following the recent losses made by the markets. On the global front, All Asian and European equity markets were trading higher tracking cues from Wall Street overnight.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 82199.33, up by 289.70 points or 0.35% after trading in a range of 81874.39 and 82783.18. There were 24 stocks advancing against 6 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index gained 1.17%, while Small cap index was up by 1.11%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Capital Goods up by 1.80%, Industrials up by 1.57%, PSU up by 1.45%, Utilities up by 1.40% and Metal up by 1.31%, while Realty down by 0.93%, Consumer Durables down by 0.28% and Telecom down by 0.14% were the few losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Bharat Electronics up by 3.32%, Adani Ports & SEZ up by 2.51%, Tata Steel up by 2.33%, Asian Paints up by 2.17% and SBI up by 1.60%. On the flip side, Eternal down by 2.29%, Titan Company down by 1.81%, ICICI Bank down by 0.17%, Maruti Suzuki down by 0.11% and Reliance Industries down by 0.09% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu has said that Indian economy transformed from an ‘emerging’ status to a ‘pivotal’ global economic force in the last decade. This shift is attributed to a robust growth and widespread digital public infrastructure. He said India stands at the intersection of trust, scale, and innovation, offering reliability through its stable democratic institutions, resilience through its diversity and size, and relevance through solutions that deliver value for money. 

The minister said India's growth today is broad-based, digitally enabled, infrastructure-backed, and inclusive by design. He said this is the real transformation that India has witnessed in the last decade and one of the most consequential changes in India's development model has been the creation of digital public infrastructure. He noted that platforms like digital identity, real-time payments, and consent-based data sharing, and all these have given a certain kind of advantage for the Indian economy.

He further said lower transaction costs, formalised millions of entrepreneurs and enterprises, enabled startups to innovate without needing massive capital and delivered inclusion, not as a charity, but as a capability. He added that this is why India is no longer just a consumer market, but a digital global laboratory.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25276.20, up by 118.70 points or 0.47% after trading in a range of 25168.50 and 25435.75. There were 39 stocks advancing against 11 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories up by 5.24%, Bharat Electronics up by 3.37%, Adani Enterprises up by 2.73%, Adani Ports & SEZ up by 2.67% and Tata Motors Passenger up by 2.39%. On the flip side, Eternal down by 2.31%, SBI Life Insurance Company down by 2.06%, Titan Company down by 1.70%, Max Healthcare Inst down by 0.75% and Eicher Motors down by 0.73% were the top losers.

All Asian equity markets were trading higher; Nikkei 225 surged 1070.36 points or 1.99% to 53,845.00, Taiwan Weighted added 499.71 points or 1.57% to 31,746.08, Hang Seng advanced 19.94 points or 0.07% to 26,605.00, KOSPI increased 42.60 points or 0.86% to 4,952.53, Straits Times rose 15.07 points or 0.31% to 4,824.95, Shanghai Composite strengthened 5.64 points or 0.14% to 4,122.58 and Jakarta Composite gained 3.08 points or 0.03% to 9,013.41.

All European equity markets were trading higher; UK’s FTSE 100 increased 76.46 points or 0.75% to 10,214.55, France’s CAC rose 107.73 points or 1.34% to 8,176.90 and Germany’s DAX gained 380.72 points or 1.55% to 24,941.70.
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