Overview
- Nifty 50 and Sensex ticked up at the start of 2026, with Nifty trading above 26,150 and Sensex higher by roughly 100–200 points as holiday closures kept global cues light.
- India’s benchmarks ended 2025 stronger on the final session, with Nifty closing at 26,129.60 and Sensex at 85,220.60 after value buying in energy, metals and select blue chips such as Reliance, Tata Steel and Kotak Bank.
- Domestic institutional investors were net buyers by about Rs 6,760 crore on the last session of 2025, offsetting foreign selling of roughly Rs 3,597 crore, with FPIs reported as net sellers for the year.
- Bank Nifty outperformed into year‑end, rising to 59,582 and breaking above its channel’s upper band, a move technicians say supports a near‑term positive bias for bank stocks.
- Wall Street closed the final 2025 session lower but capped the year with sizable gains, with the S&P 500 up about 16.4%, the Nasdaq near 20.5% and the Dow roughly 13% for the year.