Market commentary: Indian equity markets have underperformed most major equity markets in the past 5 days

Indian equity markets ended the day in red today, 14^th July, 2025. Nifty 50 ended the day, down by 67.55 points or 0.27%. Sensex ended the day, down by 247.01 points or 0.30%. Nifty 50 is now down by 1.55% in the past 5 days. Sensex is down by 1.44% in the past 5 days.

Indian equity markets have underperformed most of the major equity markets around the world in the past 5 days.  Hang Seng index has gained 1.15% in this period. Nikkei 225 is down by 0.21% in the period. Eurrostoxx 50 has gained 0.13% in the period. S&P 500 is up by 0.01% during the period.

Top gainers & losers

Top 3 gainers at NSE today were Eternal, Titan and HDFC Life. Top 3 losers were Jio Financial Services, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro.  Eternal, Titan, HDFC Life saw buying on short term dips today. Markets seem to be adopting the short term strategy of buying on dips and selling on rises, for the time being, as uncertainty prevails. Jio Financial Services’ saw some selling before its June quarter results. Wipro’s stock continued its downward trend today too. The stock has lost more than 5% in the past 5 days.

All broad market indices, except one, at NSE end the day in green

The good news today is that all the broad market indices, except for Nifty 100 ended the day in green today. This may indicate to some likely recovery, tomorrow. Most of the sectoral indices also ended the day in green today. Among sectoral indices, Nifty Midsmall healthcare index was the top gainer today. It ended the day, up by 1.95%. Top loser among sectoral indices was the Nifty Financial Services 25/50 index. It ended the day, down by 0.20%.

Market breadth was marginally positive today. 1464 stocks gained during the day. 1482 stocks declined.

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Source: NSE