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 Indian benchmark equity indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50, witnessed a recovery from intra-day lows but ended the last trading session of 2024, near flatline on Tuesday.
India's stock market landscape is witnessing rapid growth in demat accounts, but the penetration remains significantly lower compared to global standards, according to a report by Motilal Oswal.
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
Amid ongoing volatility in the stock markets, over 35 lakh new investors have joined the stock markets in November, according to a report by the National Stock Exchange (NSE).