Indian equity benchmarks were trading flat around noon on Wednesday, despite the morning surge supported by strong buying in heavyweight stocks and positive domestic cues.
Foreign fund flows remained cautious. At 12 pm on Wednesday, the 30-share BSE Sensex was hovering near 85,547, while the NSE Nifty 50 was trading close to 26,192, both just barely above Tuesday close.
Early gains in the morning were led by metal, banking and capital goods stocks. In the Sensex pack, Bajaj Finance, Adani Ports, Trent, BEL, and Maruti Suzuki provided key support to the index. SunPharma continued to be the biggest kiserm fikkiwed by IndiGo and Infosys.
Market experts state that global participation thinned due to the Christmas holidays. However, sustained inflows from domestic institutional investors offset intermittent selling by foreign portfolio investors, keeping volatility relatively contained.
Bond and liquidity conditions stayed in focus after the Reserve Bank of India’s recent decision to conduct additional open market operations and a dollar–rupee swap to inject liquidity (to the extent of around Rs 3 lakh crore) into the banking system.
Wednesday early forex trade saw the rupee appreciate 12 paise to 89.51 against the dollar, following RBI’s major liquidity announcement and the weakening American currency in overseas market.
NSE, BSE equity market closed on Dec 25
As per the equities calendar by the NSE and the BSE, the markets will be closed on December 25, 2025, Thursday on account of Christmas.
This is the last trading holiday for Indian bourses in this calendar year. The next holiday falls on January 26, 2026, Monday, when the nation observes Republic Day.
