The Indian stock market witnessed sharp across-segments buying in the morning session on Monday, 25 May, with benchmark indices posting significant gains. According to reports from Mint, the Sensex jumped over 900 points, or more than 1%, to an intraday high of 76,335, while the Nifty 50 also rose by over 1% to the day's high of 23,989. The broader market indices also participated in the rally, with the BSE 150 Midcap and the BSE 250 Smallcap indices climbing by 1% each during the session. As per ET Now, the Nifty 50 index is trading at 23,978.30, reflecting a 1.09% increase, while the Nifty Bank index is trading at 54,928.45, up 1.62%.
Several major stocks emerged as top gainers during the trading session, with Eicher Motors Ltd leading at ₹7,334.00, up 5.05%, followed by Shriram Finance Ltd at ₹966.85, gaining 2.75%. Other notable performers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd at ₹3,164.20, up 2.69%, Bajaj Finance Ltd at ₹937.20, gaining 2.25%, and HDFC Bank Ltd at ₹783.85, rising 2.22%. As reported by ET Now, Bajaj Auto Ltd also gained 2.07% to ₹10,767.50, while Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd rose 2.01% to ₹370.65. The strong performance across these blue-chip stocks reflected broad-based investor participation in the market rally.
The sharp market rally was attributed to multiple factors that provided positive sentiment to investors. According to Mint, US-Iran peace deal hopes emerged as a key driver behind the market surge, along with other supporting factors. The combination of geopolitical developments and domestic market dynamics created a favorable environment for the significant gains witnessed across all major market segments during the trading session. As per ET Now, the Sensex opened flat at 75,260.39 and traded between a high of 75,810.97 and a low of 75,230.75, while the Nifty 50 opened at 23,940.25 and moved between 23,987.30 and 23,922.85.
Investors benefited significantly from the market rally, with substantial wealth creation across the board. As reported by Mint, investors earned about ₹5 lakh crore during the session. The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to nearly ₹468 lakh crore from ₹463 lakh crore in the previous session, reflecting the broad-based nature of the market gains and the substantial scale of investor participation. The positive momentum was evident across all market segments, with both large-cap and mid-cap stocks participating in the rally.
