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Key gauges continue to trade in green in morning deals
Nov-20-2025

Indian equity benchmarks continued to trade in green in morning deals, mirroring a rally in global equity markets with fresh foreign fund inflows also adding to the optimistic trend. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) turned buyers on Wednesday. They bought equities worth Rs 1,580.72 crore in the previous trade, according to exchange data. Positive cues from US-India trade developments and lower crude costs also supported the sentiments. Separately, Afghan's Industry and Commerce Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi is in India with a focus on advancing bilateral trade and investment ties. On the global front, Asian markets are trading higher as strong earnings from Nvidia lifted sentiment and eased fears of an AI-driven bubble, even as investors tempered expectations for a December rate cut following signals from the US Federal Reserve. 

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 85346.52, up by 160.05 points or 0.19% after trading in a range of 85201.22 and 85470.96. There were 19 stocks advancing against 11 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index rose 0.07%, while Small cap index was up by 0.22%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Utilities up by 0.63%, Capital Goods up by 0.58%, FMCG up by 0.53%, Energy up by 0.41% and Auto up by 0.40%, while Realty down by 0.37%, Telecom down by 0.34%, Consumer Durables down by 0.27%, Healthcare down by 0.11% and Bankex down by 0.08% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Tech Mahindra up by 1.39%, Reliance Industries up by 1.05%, Adani Ports &SEZ up by 1.03%, Mahindra & Mahindra up by 0.92% and Bharat Electronics up by 0.81%. On the flip side, Asian Paints down by 0.72%, Sun Pharma down by 0.52%, Bharti Airtel down by 0.46%, Eternal down by 0.31% and Kotak Mahindra Bank down by 0.27% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Crisil in its latest report has said that non-bank lenders' home loan growth will slow down in FY26 owing to aggressive play by state-run banks in the market. It stated non-bank lenders' assets under management are likely to grow by 12-13 per cent, down from 14 per cent in the preceding fiscal, despite a slew of tailwinds.

It stated the challenges faced by non-bank lenders include intense competition from banks, which continue to dominate the prime home loan segment. Crisil’s director Subha Sri Narayanan said ‘Public sector banks have upped the ante and surpassed prime-focused housing finance companies (HFCs) last fiscal and in the first half of this fiscal’.

Narayanan said competition in pricing is evident from the strong growth in lower-interest-rate home loans of banks, as the share of the sub-9 per cent interest rate portfolio increased to over 60 per cent as of March 31, 2025, from 45 per cent last year. Moreover, Narayanan said many large HFCs are facing increased customer churn through balance transfer cases.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 26113.75, up by 61.10 points or 0.23% after trading in a range of 26063.20 and 26136.00. There were 34 stocks advancing against 16 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Tech Mahindra up by 1.51%, Tata Consumer Product up by 1.22%, Reliance Industries up by 1.07%, JIO Financial Services up by 1.07% and Adani Ports &SEZ up by 1.06%. On the flip side, HDFC Life Insurance down by 1.04%, Max Healthcare down by 0.83%, Asian Paints down by 0.72%, Dr. Reddy's Lab down by 0.56% and Sun Pharma down by 0.50% were the top losers.

All Asian markets are trading higher; Nikkei 225 surged 1400.3 points or 2.88% to 49,938.00, Taiwan Weighted added 809.34 points or 3.04% to 27,389.46, Jakarta Composite gained 71 points or 0.84% to 8,477.58, Shanghai Composite strengthened 16.86 points or 0.43% to 3,963.60, KOSPI increased 120.34 points or 3.06% to 4,049.85, Hang Seng advanced 36.35 points or 0.14% to 25,867.00 and Straits Times rose 11.27 points or 0.25% to 4,516.49. 
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