Indian equity markets rally in early trade; Hero Motors, Maruti among top gainers

 Indian equity markets rally in early trade; Hero Motors, Maruti among top gainers

Indian equity markets are rallying in early trade today, 18^th August, 2025. At 9:45 a.m. Nifty 50 is up by 362.7 points or 1.47%. Sensex is up by 1,085.16 points or 1.35%.

Top 3 gainers & losers

Top 3 gainers at this time at Nifty 50 are Hero Motors, Maruti and Bajaj Finance. Top 3 losers at this time are L&T, ONGC and HCL Tech.

All the broad market indices are in green at this time. Nifty 100 index is the top gainer at this time, up by 1.54%. Among sectoral indices, all of them are in green at this time, except for Nifty Pharma index.

Top sectoral gainer at this time is Nifty Auto index. It is up by 4.44%. This, after reports that government may cut down GST on cars and two wheelers from 28% to 18%. Consumer durable stocks are also gaining. Nifty Consumer Durables Index is up by 3.08% at this time.

Financial services stocks are also gaining. Nifty Financial Services Index is up by 1.90% at this time.

Market breadth highly positive

Market breadth is very positive at this time. At NSE, 2008 stocks are up at this time while 646 stocks are down. This indicates that the rally is more broad based rather than driven by just large cap stocks.

57 stocks are near their 52-week highs at this time. 37 stocks are near their 52-week lows.

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Source: NSE