The S&P BSE Sensex jumped 1,695.40 points or 2.30% to 75,527.95, while the Nifty 50 index rose 461.30 points or 1.99% to 23,622.90, according to provisional closing data. The broader market outperformed the frontline indices, with the BSE 150 MidCap Index gaining 2.37% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index adding 2.60%. Market breadth remained strong with 3,234 shares rising and 1,030 shares falling on the BSE, while 158 shares remained unchanged. The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, tanked 5.73% to 14.72. In the commodities market, Brent crude for August 2026 settlement fell $2.91 or 3.22% to $87.47 a barrel.
Hexagon Nutrition shares settled at ₹50.39 on the BSE, representing a premium of 11.98% as compared with the issue price of ₹45. The stock hit a high of ₹50.39 and a low of ₹48, with over 14.20 lakh shares traded in the counter. This strong debut performance indicates positive investor sentiment toward the company's market entry.
The Nifty Realty index jumped 3.53% to 769.60, recovering from a 2.38% decline over the previous two trading sessions. Key performers in the realty sector included Prestige Estates Projects (up 4.73%), Brigade Enterprises (up 4.56%), Sobha (up 4.56%), Godrej Properties (up 4.49%), DLF (up 4.17%), Anant Raj (up 4.07%), Lodha Developers (up 3.66%), Oberoi Realty (up 3.11%), Aditya Birla Real Estate (up 1.08%) and Phoenix Mills (up 1.06%). Consumer durables, realty, telecom, banking, auto, media, oil & gas and metal indices gained 1-2 percent, while IT sector closed in positive territory. The Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices rose more than 2 percent each, with the broader market outperforming benchmarks.
Jayant Infratech surged 17.24% after the company announced receiving a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) worth ₹16.54 crore from South East Central Railway, Bilaspur, for railway overhead electrification works. GNG Electronics rallied 3.34% after the company's promoter, Vidhi S. Khandelwal, sold a 3.94% stake through the open market route for approximately ₹175 crore to comply with minimum public shareholding norms. PCBL Chemical rose 4.14% following the commissioning of a new specialty production line with 20,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity at its Mundra plant. Hitachi Energy India added 3.34% after announcing a ₹2,000 crore investment to establish a new power transformer factory in Karjan, Vadodara. Ratnaveer Precision Engineering advanced 1.77% after the company's board approved a proposal to raise up to ₹330 crore through a rights issue. AVG Logistics jumped 5.84% after securing a long-term transportation contract from Haldiram Nagpur, deploying 100 dedicated vehicles for logistics operations across western and southern India. Gujarat Inject Kerala rose 3.75% after securing a ₹14.49 crore purchase order from Deon Energy for solar panel supply. Dabur India gained 1.07% despite the USFDA issuing Import Alert 66-40 for its Silvassa facility, while Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles added 3.62% after announcing price increases of up to 1.5% from July 1, 2026. Concord Biotech rose 0.49% following successful completion of ANVISA inspection at its API manufacturing facility.
US Dow Jones index futures are currently up by 302 points, signaling a positive opening for US stocks. European stocks traded sharply higher on Friday after markets received their clearest signal yet that a potential peace agreement between Iran and the United States may be within reach. Asian markets ended higher following President Trump's comments about a potential US-Iran peace deal. The S&P 500 gained 1.75% to close at 7,394.30, while the Nasdaq Composite added 2.54% to 25,896.66. Overnight on Wall Street, US equities gained on Thursday, boosted by a rebound in chip stocks after Trump called off planned strikes on Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 929.97 points, or 1.86%, and settled at 50,848.75. SpaceX is set to debut on the Nasdaq today under the ticker symbol SPCX, with a fixed price of $135 per share and a $75 billion fundraise that would be the largest IPO in history.
