Sensex bounces back after 5-day slump; Nifty ends marginally lower
The Hindu
Sensex gains 147.71 points, Nifty falls; global cues, FII selling impact market sentiment, analysts cautious.
Benchmark BSE Sensex recovered 147 points in a range-bound trade on Tuesday (February 25, 2025), ending its five-day slide on the back of buying in financial and FMCG shares.
The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 147.71 points or 0.20% to settle at 74,602.12 with 17 of its constituents ending higher and 13 lower. During the day, it rallied 330.67 points or 0.44% to 74,785.08.
The broader Nifty of NSE, however, fell for the sixth day slipping by 5.80 points or 0.03% to finish at 22,547.55 due to fag-end selling in pharma, metal and IT shares.
Weak Asian and U.S. markets along with foreign fund outflows made investors risk-averse, analysts said.
Among Sensex shares, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Zomato, Nestle, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti and Titan were the biggest gainers.
Sun Pharma, Power Grid, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Asian Paints and Tata Motors were among the laggards.
In the last five trading sessions, the BSE barometer lost 1,542.45 points or 2%.
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