Markets hit fresh record highs before slipping into mild losses as pharma and financial weakness offset support from
autos and IT. Analysts flagged consolidation, cautious sentiment and key support levels despite strong GDP data, while
global cues remained weak.
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Markets hit new record highs on Friday — 26,325.80 on the Nifty and 86,159 on the Sensex — before giving up gains to
close marginally lower, as weakness in pharma and financial stocks outweighed support from auto and IT. The Nifty
settled at 26,175.75, down 27.20 points (0.10%), while the Sensex slipped 64.77 points (0.08%) to 85,641.90. The late
pullback came despite India’s strong Q2 GDP growth of 8.2%.
Meanwhile, the volatility gauge India VIX ended flat at 11.63, signaling a trade in a narrow range.
Here's how analysts read the market pulse:
Commenting on the day's action, Ajit Mishra, Senior Vice President - Research at Religare Broking said that markets
stayed in consolidation mode and ended almost unchanged, pausing near record-high territory.
"On the benchmark front, the Nifty 50 opened firmly around 26,325—marking a fresh lifetime high amid buoyant
sentiment—but experienced intraday volatility before closing near 26,175, down 0.10%. Sectoral trends were mixed, with
auto, metal and IT edging higher, while realty and pharma closed in the red. Broader indices moved largely in line with
the benchmark, though market breadth indicated underlying weakness," Mishra said.
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Monday as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of fresh economic data and a
closely watched speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to gauge the central bank's policy decision later this
While Dow 30 was trading at 47,512.10 in the initial trade, down 204.35 points or 0.43%, S&P 500 hovered around
6,812.65, 36.44 or 0.53% lower. Nasdaq Composite was the worst hit, falling 0.75% or 175.29 to 0.75%.
European markets were a sea of red, with UK's FTSE 100 was trading with minor cuts (0.05%) while Stoxx 600, French CAC
40, Germany's DAX and Spain's IBEX were down up to 1.2% around this time.
Nilesh Jain, Head – Equity Technical and Derivatives Research Analyst at Centrum Broking attributed the negative closing
to profit-booking that took over at higher levels. Decoding the charts, he said that Nifty has formed a bearish candle
on the daily chart, suggesting a pause in the ongoing trend and the potential for some consolidation before the next
"Immediate support lies at 26,120, followed by 26,000, while a decisive break above 26,300 could pave the way for
further gains toward 26,450. Chasing the index at elevated levels is not advisable, as the current risk-reward setup is
unfavourable. It would be more prudent to wait for a meaningful pullback before considering fresh positions," Jain said.
Most active stocks in terms of turnover
Physicswallah (Rs 245 crore), Lenskart Solutions (Rs 146 crore), ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India (Rs 137
crore), Sudeep Pharma (Rs 96 crore), NSDL (Rs 92 crore), Tata Motor Passenger Vehicles (Rs 89 crore), and Tata Chemicals
(Rs 84 crore) were among the most active stocks on BSE in value terms. Higher activity in a counter in value terms can
help identify the counters with highest trading turnovers in the day.
Most active stocks in volume terms
Vodafone Idea (Traded shares: 6.03 crore), Yes Bank (Traded shares: 86.86 lakh), Rico Auto Industries (Traded shares:
57.94 lakh), SpiceJet (Traded shares: 49.53 lakh), Sigachi (Traded shares: 46.03 lakh), Reliance Power (Traded shares:
32.66 lakh) and JM Financial (Traded shares: 28.61 lakh crore) were among the most actively traded stocks in volume
Stocks showing buying interest
Wockhardt Pharma, ZF Commercial, JM Financial, V2 Retail, IEX, Onesource Specialty Pharma, Eicher Motors and Lenskart
were among the stocks that witnessed strong buying interest from market participants.
Also Read: Gainers & Losers: Lenskart Solutions and Wockhardt among 6 stocks that were in focus on Monday – here’s why
Over 150 stocks hit their 52 week highs today while 197 stocks slipped to their 52-week lows. Among the ones which hit
their 52 week highs included Aditya Birla Capital, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), AIA Engineering,
Canara Bank, Federal Bank, GMR Airports, Hero MotoCorp, Laurus Labs and Samvardhana Motherson International.
Stocks seeing selling pressure
Among the large cap names were Max Healthcare, InterGlobe Aviation and Bajaj Finance. Other stocks which witnessed
significant selling pressure were Whirlpool of India, Welspun Living, Neuland Lab, KPR Mill, Latent View Analytics, KSB,
Glaxosmithkline and GE Vernova T&D India.
Sentiment meter favours bears
Action in heavyweights like HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance and Bharti Airtel dragged the markets the most, ensuring a negative
closing. The breadth also stayed negative in broader markets. Out of the 4,455 stocks that traded on the BSE on December
1, Monday, 1,768 stocks witnessed advances, 2,484 saw declines while 203 stocks remained unchanged.
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