Market Wrap: Sensex jumps 411 pts, Nifty tops 25,800 as Reliance, HDFC Financial institution rally post-earnings

Indian shares superior for a fourth session on Monday, with the Sensex climbing 0.5% and the Nifty closing above the 25,800 mark, as heavyweight Reliance Industries and HDFC Financial institution surged on post-results optimism. Beneficial properties have been partly offset by profit-taking in ICICI Financial institution, which capped the broader rally.

The S&P BSE Sensex surged 411.18 factors, or 0.49%, to shut at 84,363.37, whereas the NSE Nifty 50 rose 133.30 factors, or 0.52%, to settle at 25,843.15.

On the 30-stock Sensex, Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Financial institution, SBI, and TCS led the features, advancing between 1.8% and three.5%.

Reliance Industries jumped 3.5% to a three-month excessive after its September-quarter outcomes, as analysts turned upbeat on the conglomerate’s core earnings, retail momentum, and enhancing outlook throughout companies.

HDFC Financial institution ended little modified after touching a document excessive earlier within the session, buoyed by regular quarterly earnings and an enchancment in asset high quality.

ICICI Financial institution slipped 3.2%, even because it topped revenue estimates, with traders flagging issues over muted mortgage and deposit development.Broader markets additionally firmed, with the mid-cap index up 0.8% and small-caps rising 0.5%. The Sensex and Nifty have now climbed 2.8% over 4 periods, leaving them lower than 2% under their document highs from September 2024.

Indian markets will maintain a particular one-hour Muhurat buying and selling session on Tuesday, from 2:30 p.m. to three:30 p.m. IST, to mark Diwali.

Skilled views

The Indian market prolonged its constructive momentum, pushed by better-than-expected Q2 outcomes from main firms and competition optimism and constructive world cues additional bolstered investor sentiment, with easing commerce narratives between the US-China and rise in European market led by protection shares, mentioned Vinod Nair, Head of Analysis at Geojit Investments, including that improved FII inflows within the money market turned the home market right into a internet purchaser in October, following three consecutive months of promoting.

“PSU banks and mid-sized monetary companies led the cost, benefiting from potential acquisitions and enchancment in margins & asset high quality as per Q2 outcomes. The oil trade additionally skilled notable features, due to declining crude costs and a strengthening Indian rupee,” mentioned Nair.