Sensex, Nifty 50 End Volatile Trade Flat As IT, FMCG Drag

Domestic equity benchmark indices ended flat after a volatile trade on September 5, 2025. The Sensex closed 7.25 points, or 0.01 per cent, lower at 80,710.76. The Nifty 50 closed at 24,741, slightly up by 6.70 points, or 0.03 per cent.

The broader markets, however, edged higher as the Nifty Midcap 100 surged 0.20 per cent and the Nifty Smallcap 100 advanced 0.19 per cent. Nifty 500 index, which represents more than 92 per cent of the total free-float market cap of all NSE-listed stocks, closed flat, up by a marginal 0.04 per cent.

IT, FMCG Emerges Top Drag

Lifting the market, Nifty Auto gained 1.25 per cent, emerging as the top sectoral gainer of the day. Following this, Nifty Metal gained 0.68 per cent.

On the other hand, Nifty IT fell 1.44 per cent and Nifty FMCG declined 1.42 per cent, emerging as the top sectoral losers. Nifty Realty, too, fell 1.16 per cent.

Nifty Bank, which tracks the 12 most liquid and valuable banking stocks, closed 0.07 per cent higher at 54,114.55. All other major sectoral indices showed lackluster performance.

Nifty 50 Top Gainers & Losers

Eicher Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Shriram Finance, Maruti Suzuki, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Power Grid and Reliance Industries were the top gainers, while ITC, Cipla, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, and Larsen and Toubro were the biggest losers during the session.

Crude Oil Price Today

Crude oil prices extended their decline to the third day.

Brent Crude futures slipped 0.55 per cent to $66.62 per barrel, while WTI Crude futures declined 0.72 per cent to $63.02 per barrel, as of the time of writing this report.

Gold Price Today

Gold prices inched up ahead of the crucial US jobs data due later today. Gold on MCX was trading up by 0.27 per cent at Rs 1,06,700 per 10 grams, around the same time.

On Comex, Gold was down by 0.04 per cent to £3,605.30 an ounce after gaining in the initial session.

Market Outlook

US jobs report is due to release later today. The key data is seen as an indicator for US Federal Reserve's interest rate outlook.

Along with this, the uncertainty around India-US trade tariffs has been weighing the domestic markets. Market participants will be watching for any developments in this space.

Market participants will also track developments around the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA). Earlier on September 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with European Union leaders to conclude the FTA at the earliest.