The Indian stock markets, in the first trading session of the year 2025, opened marginally higher on Wednesday, despite most global markets being closed for New Year celebrations.
The Indian stock market witnessed substantial growth in 2024. The National Stock Exchange's growth across listings, market capitalisation, investor participation, and funds mobilisation is better than the previous year.
The Nifty 50 index opened at 23,796.90 with a marginal decline of 16.50 points or 0.07 per cent, while the BSE Sensex opened at 78,637.90 points with a decline of 61.17 points or 0.08 per cent.
As we are inching closer to the new calendar year and month, the market participants in the Indian stock market will closely watch auto sales data, foreign institutional investments (FIIs) flows and currency movement, the upcoming earnings season, the Union Budget, and the inauguration of
Indian stock indices managed to keep the morning session gains intact till the session ended on Friday. Sensex closed at 78,699.07 points, up 226.59 points or 0.29 per cent, while Nifty closed at 23,813.40 points, up 63.20 points or 0.27 per cent.
Indian stock markets remained closed on Wednesday due to the Christmas holiday. This was in line with many other major Asian markets, which also observed a holiday.