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Indian Developments
The Indian stock market has staged a strong rebound in the week ending April 17, 2025, with benchmark indices reaching multi-month highs. FIIs turned net buyers, injecting liquidity infusing Rs 3936.42 Crore into the market and supporting the rally.
Weakness in U.S. and Asian markets, driven by concerns over trade tensions and inflation, impacted domestic equities. RBI announcement of rate cut and shifted the stance to accommodative aimed to support economic growth. Rising crude oil prices and fluctuations in metal prices influenced market sentiment.
Gold prices in India reached a new high on Wednesday, April 16, as MCX prices reached ?94,919.
For the week ending April 17, 2025, the Nifty 50, Nifty Midcap 150, and Nifty Small Cap 250 indices recorded impressive gains of 6.48%, 6.35%, and 7.71%, respectively, reaching their highest levels in four months.
Sectoral Developments
Stock markets experienced a notable gain during the week ending on 17th April 2025. Banking stocks were the top gainers, recording 8.06% gains. Followed by Nifty Financial Services (8.03%), Nifty Metal ( 8.10%), Nifty Realty ( 8.30%), Nifty Energy ( 7.09%).
Amid the mix of geopolitical developments, U.S. inflation data, and central bank policies IT and FMCG stocks emerged as the weakest performers, with modest gains of 2.63% and 2.55%, respectively.
Global Developments
The global stock markets experienced mixed performances for the week ending April 17, 2025, influenced by economic data, trade tensions, and corporate earnings.
Hang Seng Index closed lower on Wednesday as investors were cautious over the ongoing trade war between the US and China.FTSE index closed higher on as investors were optimistic after softer-than-expected inflation data ,US’s exemption of smartphones and computers from steep Chinese tariffs and lower bond yields boosted housing and real estate stocks. Nikkei Index closed lower on Wednesday owing to losses in chip-related stocks after the US government’s decision to curb exports of Nvidia’s key chip to China.
US stock market Indices , include Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Indus. Avg declined by 4.6%, 3.2% and 2.30% respectively. Among European indices, FTSE emerged as the best performing market and marked the highest gains of 7.9% ,Nikkei 225 surged by 6.9%. Asian Markets were relatively during the week with Kospi ended the week with gains of 6.7%, Hang Seng by 3.2%, and Shanghai with modest gain of 2.80%.
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Source: www.nseindices.com; google finance, MCX Gold Prices; www.rbi.org.in; Morningstar and tradingeconomics.com, ccilindia.com, Economic times
Data for week ended on April 17th , 2025.
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