Stock Market Today: The domestic equity market started on a positive note on June 4, 2025, mirroring the positive sentiment in Asian and the US markets. At 9:25 AM, the Sensex was at 80,877.30, up by 139.79 points, or 0.17 per cent. Elsewhere, the Nifty 50 was up by 41.80 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 24,583.60. The broader market, too, traded in the positive territory, as the key indices, the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100, traded higher in the range 0.50-1 per cent. The Nifty 500 index, which captures 92.30 per cent of the free-float market capitalisation of NSE-listed stocks, was up by around 0.30 per cent.
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On the sectoral front, Nifty Auto, Nifty FMCG, Nifty IT, Nifty Media, and Nifty Pharma led the gains. Most of the major sectoral indices were trading in the green in the morning trade. However, Nifty Private Bank and Nifty Realty were showing back-and-forth motion around flat levels.
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) began its three-day meeting today, with markets widely expecting a 25-basis point (bps) rate cut. The decision, to be announced by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on June 6, is likely to set the tone for the central bank’s monetary outlook amid easing inflation and mixed economic signals.
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Investors will closely watch the RBI’s commentary for cues on future rate moves, liquidity management, and its assessment of both domestic growth and global risks.
Sensex, Nifty 50: Top Gainers And Losers
From Nifty 50, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Shriram Finance, Eternal, Dr Reddy's Labs, Mahindra and Mahindra and Wipro led the gains, rising in the range 0.50-2 per cent. On the other hand, the top losers were UltraTech Cements, Titan, JSW Steel, ICICI Bank, Coal India, Apollo Hospitals, Sun Pharma, and SBI Life Insurance.
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Among the Sensex’s 30 stocks, Bharti Airtel, Eternal, Tata Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, and Maruti Suzuki were the top gainers, while UltraTech Cement, Tata Consultancy Services, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, and Adani Ports were the top drags.
Global Stocks Gain
The key stock market indices in the United States (US) ended in the positive territory on June 3, buoyed by strong gains in Nvidia and other semiconductor stocks. Investor sentiment was also positive amid anticipation of potential trade negotiations between the US and its trading partners.
Nvidia gained nearly 3 per cent, extending gains for the second consecutive day, as it surpassed Microsoft in market cap for the first time since January this year.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 214.16 points, or 0.51 per cent, to close at 42,519.64. The S&P 500 advanced 34.43 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 5,970.37, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite surged 156.34 points, or 0.81 per cent, to finish at 19,398.96.
The Asian markets traded higher in early trade on June 4 after strong US labour data eased concerns over the economic impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariff war.
South Korea’s Kospi surged the most among Asian indices, rising over 2.50 per cent in early trade. China’s SSE Composite was up by 0.40 per cent, the Hong Kong-based Hang Seng was trading higher by 0.61 per cent, and Japan's Nikkei 225 was up by over 1 per cent.
