Mumbai, 26 December. On Friday, the last trading day of the week, the major benchmark indices of the Indian stock market opened flat with a slight decline. Due to Thursday being a short week due to Christmas holidays, very few new trends were seen for investors. Till the time of writing the news in the initial session (around 9.20 am), the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading at the level of 85,360 with a decline of 55 points or 0.07 percent. Whereas NSE Nifty was seen trading at the level of 26,126 by 12.60 points or 0.05 percent.
During this period, BEL, Coal India, Adani Enterprises, Eicher Motor, Cipla and Titan were among the top gainers, while Sun Pharma, Shriram Finance, Bajaj Finance, Eternal and Tata Steel were among the top losers. In the broader market, Nifty Midcap was trading 0.21 percent higher, while Nifty Smallcap was up 0.08 percent. Sector-wise, Nifty Consumer Durables, Chemicals and FMCG indices were among the top gainers, while Nifty Media (0.3 per cent fall) and Nifty Private Bank (0.2 per cent fall) were the biggest losers.
Market experts say that now only four trading days are left for the end of the year 2025. The momentum which earlier seemed like a Santa rally, is now beginning to show weakness. Due to the lack of any new big trigger like the US-India trade deal, the market may remain consolidated around the current levels for the time being. According to experts, the US economy has shown a strong GDP growth of 4.3 percent in the third quarter of 2025, which is supporting the stock market there.
Due to good and growing earnings of US companies, especially AI related companies, some foreign investors (FFIs), especially hedge funds, may increase selling in India in the near term. However, continued buying by the country’s large and cash-rich domestic institutional investors (DIIs) will support the market and prevent a sharp decline.
The best strategy for investors at this time is to remain invested in good quality large cap companies and gradually buy them whenever the market falls. There is every possibility of an uptick in the market in the beginning of 2026. Therefore, investors should give more importance to value (fair price) while investing. Very high prices of shares in some IPOs and new investors buying shares at expensive prices show that there is excessive enthusiasm in the market at this time.
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