Domestic equities benchmark indices snapped their three-day losing streak to end higher on September 1, 2025. The Sensex climbed 554.84 points, or 0.70 per cent, to close at 80,364.49. Likewise, the Nifty 50 surged 198.20 points, or 0.81 per cent, to end the session at 24,625.05. With today’s rally, both indices have recovered from the losses from their previous sessions.
The broader markets mirrored the optimism in benchmarks, rather outperforming them, as the Nifty Midcap 100 gained 1.97 per cent and the Nifty Smallcap 100 surged 1.57 per cent. The Nifty 500 and Nifty Total Market Index gained 1.12 per cent each.
The broad-based rally came amid better-than-expected April-June (Q1) gross domestic product (GDP) growth data. Sentiment also improved after a US court ruled most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal, though kept them in place until October 14, 2025.
The country’s Q1 GDP grew 7.8 per cent, as against 7.4 per cent growth in the previous quarter and 6.7 per cent in the same quarter a year ago, data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed. This was the highest GDP growth in five quarters, countering Trump’s political rhetoric that India’s economy is ‘dead’.
Auto Sector Vrooms
On the sectoral front, auto, consumer durables, IT, metal and energy sectors led the rally. The Nifty Auto emerged as the top sectoral gainer, rising 2.80 per cent, led by gains in Tube Investments of India (6.36 per cent), Exide Industries (4.08 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International (4.04 per cent), and Bajaj Auto (4.01 per cent).
Nifty Consumer Durables rose 2.08 per cent, led by gains in Dixon Technologies (5.60 per cent), Amber Enterprises (4.87 per cent), and PG Electroplast (4.37 per cent).
Nifty Metal and Nifty IT gained 1.64 per cent and 1.59 per cent, respectively, while Nifty Energy and Nifty Oil & Gas rose 1.54 per cent and 1.35 per cent, respectively. Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Realty also ended higher by 1 per cent each.
Nifty Bank, which tracks the performance of India’s top 12 most valuable and liquid banking stocks, closed higher by 0.65 per cent at 54,002.45.
Nifty Private Bank and Nifty Financial Services gained 0.82 per cent and 0.69 per cent, respectively.
On the other hand, Nifty Pharma and Nifty Media were the only sectoral indices, closing the red, down 0.12 per cent and 0.32 per cent, respectively. Nifty FMCG ended flat with a slight positive bias of 0.06 per cent.
Nifty 50 Top Gainers & Losers
Bajaj Auto, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hero MotoCorp, Eicher Motors, and Tata Motors were the top gainers in Nifty 50 index, rising between 3 per cent and 4 per cent. Trent, Eternal (formerly Zomato), ONGC, Infosys, Hindalco, and Asian Paints also rose between 2 per cent and 3 per cent. Adani Enterprises, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank and Nestle India were other top gainers from the index.
On the other hand, Sun Pharma and ITC fell 1.91 per cent and 1.03 per cent, respectively, emerging as the top drags. Hindustan Unilever, Titan, Cipla, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank also ended in red.
Only eight stocks from the 50-constituent index closed in the red, while the remaining 42 stocks ended in green.
Gold, Silver Prices Today
Gold prices on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), as of 4:30 PM, were trading higher by nearly 1 per cent at Rs 1,04,838 per 10 grams, after surging to a record high of Rs 1,05,937 during the early session.
Meanwhile, Silver prices on MCX too traded higher by over 2 per cent at Rs 1,24,344 per 1 kg, around the same time. The precious metal, during the early session, rose as much as 2.56 per cent to its record high of Rs 1,24,990 per 1 kg.
Crude Oil Prices Today
Brent Crude November futures rose as much as 1.13 per cent to the day’s high of $68.24 per barrel, before paring some gains to trade at $68.13, up 0.96 per cent, around 4:30 PM.
Similarly, WTI Crude Oil October futures climbed 1.23 per cent to the day’s high of $64.80 per barrel, before easing slightly to $64.68, up 1.05 per cent, around the same time.
Market Outlook
Domestic automakers have started releasing their monthly sales data today, and market participants are likely to react to these numbers in the next session. Markets will also be watching for US manufacturing PMI data due on September 2 and the 56th GST Council meeting scheduled for September 3-4, 2025. Investors will also be looking for further cues on potential US Federal Reserve rate cuts.
