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Sensex, Nifty trade higher with decent gains ahead of RBI policy outcome
Jun-05-2026

Indian equity benchmarks made a positive start on Friday and were trading with decent gains in early deals ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) Monetary Policy Committee’s meeting outcome later in the day. The RBI is largely expected to maintain the repo rate at 5.25 per cent. Investors are looking for the Governor Sanjay Malhotra’s speech for fresh cues on inflation and growth trajectory. All rate sensitives share from Auto, consumer durables, realty and bank counters to remain in focus. Though, upside remained capped amid weak cues from other Asian markets. Continued selling by foreign investors in emerging markets like India, weighted on market sentiments. NSE data showed that the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have sold Rs 4,447 crore worth of assets across the capital market exchanges in a single day on June 04. 

On the global front, Asian markets were trading mostly lower amid mixed signals from ongoing geopolitical negotiations, which have rattled global markets and pushed oil and gasoline prices higher.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 74550.41, up by 190.40 points or 0.26% after trading in a range of 74480.73 and 74717.57. There were 21 stocks advancing against 8 stocks declining, while 1 stock remain unchanged on the index.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 1.03%, Utilities up by 1.03%, Consumer Durables up by 0.77%, Power up by 0.76% and Industrials up by 0.60%, while Metal down by 0.58%, Telecom down by 0.56%, Energy down by 0.15%, Basic Materials down by 0.11% and Oil & Gas down by 0.02% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Bajaj Finance up by 1.56%, Bajaj Finserv up by 1.37%, Adani Ports &Special up by 1.31%, Mahindra & Mahindra up by 1.19% and Tech Mahindra up by 0.92%. On the flip side, Tata Steel down by 1.26%, Trent down by 1.23%, HCL Technologies down by 0.78%, Reliance Industries down by 0.32% and Bharti Airtel down by 0.14% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade in its data has showed that India’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows rose 18 per cent to $58.84 billion in 2025-26, with investments from the United States more than doubling during the last fiscal year. In the January-March quarter of 2025-26, the FDI equity investments grew 17.5 per cent to $10.9 billion.

As per the data, total FDI, which includes equity inflows, reinvested earnings and other capital, increased 17 per cent to $94.5 billion. FDI from the US rose to $11.17 billion in 2025-26 from $5.45 billion in 2024-25. Singapore was the largest source of FDI during the period, contributing $19.8 billion. It was followed by the US, Mauritius ($6.57 billion), Japan ($3.74 billion), and the Netherlands ($3.37 billion). 

Sector-wise, inflows during April-December this fiscal in computer software and hardware rose to $13.94 billion, which was followed by the inflow in services at $10 billion, and trading at $4 billion. Inflow in the non-conventional energy sector stood at $3 billion during the period. Among states, the data showed, Maharashtra received the highest inflow of $18.41 billion during the period. It was followed by Karnataka ($12.93 billion) and Gujarat ($5.71 billion).

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 23476.30, up by 59.75 points or 0.26% after trading in a range of 23439.30 and 23516.35. There were 32 stocks advancing against 18 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were HDFC Life Insurance up by 2.66%, Adani Enterprises up by 2.29%, Bajaj Finance up by 1.50%, SBI Life Insurance up by 1.49% and Bajaj Finserv up by 1.33%. On the flip side, Wipro down by 4.23%, Hindalco down by 1.42%, Trent down by 1.22%, Tata Steel down by 1.21% and HCL Technologies down by 0.86% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading mostly in red; Nikkei 225 slipped 1095.69 points or 1.62% to 66,375.00, Taiwan Weighted lost 665.5 points or 1.46% to 45,011.96, KOSPI dropped 434.59 points or 5.03% to 8,204.82, Hang Seng declined 214.4 points or 0.86% to 25,039.00, Jakarta Composite fell 133.67 points or 2.29% to 5,706.12 and Straits Times was down by 15.7 points or 0.31% to 5,051.83. On the other hand, Shanghai Composite was up by 17.53 points or 0.43% to 4,075.31.
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