The Indian markets kicked off 2025 on a strong note, with the Nifty 50 outperforming the Bank Nifty index during the week. Broader market indices like the Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Midcap 100 also ended the week in the green, reflecting renewed investor confidence across segments.
Bullish sentiment dominated the week, setting a positive tone for the year ahead. Precious metals joined the rally, with both gold and silver posting gains, indicating sustained interest in safe-haven assets. Overall, it was a constructive start to the year, with optimism evident across equities and commodities.
The Nifty 50 ended the week 0.80% higher at 24,004. Nifty Consumer Durables and Nifty Auto surged the most during the week by 4.06% and 3.92% respectively.
Scroll down to understand more of such market news and perspectives for the week gone by in easily understandable charts.
Here’s the operational update of DMart for the quarter ending Dec-24.
The graph displays the stock which entered the 1 lakh market cap club in 2024.
The above chart displays the quarterly update of V-Mart Retail Limited at the end of Q3FY25.
Here’s the operational update of Punjab National Bank for Q3FY25.
Highlighted below Top PV & CV OEMs’ sales performance for the Dec-24 month and quarter:
Highlighted below Top 2-wheeler OEMs’ sales performance for the Dec-24 month and quarter:
Bajaj Auto’s category wise breakdown of sales volume for Dec-24 and YTD is presented below:
The accompanying chart presents how Gold Forex Reserves and Nifty 50 are correlated.
Take a look at where the P/E multiple of various sectors stood on 30th December 2024, against their historical median level - (Part 1):
Take a look at where the P/E multiple of various sectors stood on 30th December 2024, against their historical median level - (Part 2):
The below chart indicates the number of days Nifty 50 stood below 200 EMA.
The table shows Nifty Month end Future Premium during the last 1 year.
Defensive sectors outperformed amid broader market weakness in December 2024.
Here’s how Sensex performed on odd and even years for the past 46 years.
The below table shows the block-wise yearly returns of Sensex.
Presented below weekly return of strategy indices for this week:
Presented below weekly return of sectoral and market cap indices for this week:
Here’s a trend of FII’s net investment in Indian equity market:
The below chart shows a list of trading holidays in major exchanges across the world in 2024.
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