August 18, 2025 15:30:00 IST
Nifty-Sensex close in good greens
-Nifty50 closes just below 24,900, at 24,876.95, with 0.99% gains i.e. 245.65 points
-Sensex closes with gains of 0.83% i.e. 676.09 points, at 81,273.75
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As the long weekend ends, today morning will be an exciting opening for the Indian Stock markets when it trades after a 3-days break. Many parameters have entered the scene, GST and Trump-Putin talks, among others. Let’s keep you updated.
Markets closed on Thursday with flat sentiments. Nifty50 closed on 24,631.30, with +0.04% i.e. 11.95 points and Sensex closed gaining 57.75 points, which is 0.07% up, at 80,597.66.
Nifty50 and Sensex opened up with around 1.30-1.40% gap-up and trade in good gains for now. Sensex gained more than 1100 points to trade at 81,700 and Nifty50 gained 375 points to trade just below 25,000.
The afternoon sees the morning gains drop by a margin. The Nifty50 index held upto 1% gains, trading just below 24,900. Sensex traded at 81,284, with 680 points gain.
Towards the closing, the gains surged for the indices, over 850 points for Sensex and almost 300 points for Nifty50.
Summary: 18 August, 2025 | The Monday morning sees the spikes the markets waited long for. Pre-opening session hinted the boom gap-up. The opening boosted the trades. The green is here to stay, it seemed. And the gains consolidated towards the closing.
Live Updates
August 18, 2025 15:23:00 IST
Financial Services Index gains with over 1%
-Nifty Financial Service trades at 26,609, with gains of 1.02%
August 18, 2025 15:03:00 IST
Auto, Realty, and Metal indices shine towards the closing
-Nifty Auto Index continues to trade with 4.10% gains, at 25,111
-Nifty Realty Index continues to gain over 2%, trades at 900
-Nifty Metal Index gains 1.88%, trades at 9390
August 18, 2025 14:55:00 IST
Nifty roams just over 24,900
-Nifty50 trades with gains of 280 points, 1.15% points, at 24,915
-Sensex continues to trade around 81,400, with almost 800 points gained
August 18, 2025 14:47:00 IST
Hero MotoCorp loses morning gains, trades 6% up
-Hero MotoCorp Ltd trades at 6%, trades at 5000
-The Stock has touched intraday of 5119
August 18, 2025 14:38:00 IST
Asian Paint gains!
-The paint large cap stock Asian Paints gains 2.25% to trade at 2585
-The stock opened at 2540.20 and touched the intraday high of 2593
August 18, 2025 14:29:00 IST
Tata Power gains
-Tata Power trades at 388 with 0.70% gains
-The declaration by the PM about the opening up of nuclear sector for private players has excited the already eager Tata Power.
August 18, 2025 14:21:00 IST
VI trades with narrowed gains
-VI trades with 5.70% gains, at LMP of 6.50
-The stock had touched the intraday high of 6.69
August 18, 2025 14:10:00 IST
Tata consumer gains over 2.30%
-Tata Consumer Products gain over 2%, trades over 1075
August 18, 2025 14:00:00 IST
Realty stocks: Oberoi and
-Oberoi Realty trades at 1650, gaining 1.88%
-Lodha Developers gain 1.58%, trading at 1252
August 18, 2025 13:47:00 IST
PG Electroplast keeps the green gains today
-PG Electroplast trades at 9.30% gains
-The stock trades at 534.85
August 18, 2025 13:43:00 IST
Bajaj Auto keeps gaining big!
-Bajaj Auto trades at 8580, with over 4.40% gains
-The Stock has touched the intraday high of 8629, and dipped to the low of 8400
August 18, 2025 13:39:00 IST
Auto, Realty, and FMCG indices gain
-Nifty Auto index continues to surge over 4.60%, trades at 25,230
-Nifty Realty index trades over 902, with 2.61% gains
-Nifty FMCG index trades with 1.86% gains at 55,685
August 18, 2025 13:33:00 IST
Ashok Leyland maintains the 8% surge
-Ashok Leyland trades at 132.11, maintaining the surge of 132.80
August 18, 2025 13:28:00 IST
Micro Cap index gains over 1%
-Nifty Micro Cap 250 Index trades with gain of over 1.20%
August 18, 2025 13:15:00 IST
Sensex over 81,500 again!
-Sensex gains 900 points to trade over 81,500 but struggles to maintain the level
-Nifty50 trades with gains just above 310 points, trades at 24,940
August 18, 2025 13:09:00 IST
Maruti Suzuki keeps trading up with gains
-The large cap subsidiary of Suzuki Motors Corp, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd trades with gains of over 8.75%, at 14,074
-The stock has touched the intraday high of 14,125
August 18, 2025 12:59:00 IST
Suzlon continue to trade in loss
-Suzlon Energy doesn't seem to recover from the Geojit downgrade and CFO's resignation
-The mid cap stock trades in losses over 2.30%, trading at 57.77
Read Here | Q1 Results: Suzlon Delivers 444 MW- Highest in the Quarter
August 18, 2025 12:51:00 IST
Media and Defence indices stay flat..
-Nifty Media index trades flat at 1653, gaining 0.04%
-Nifty Ind Defence trades at 7813, with marginal gains of 0.10%
August 18, 2025 12:49:00 IST
Infy loses, despite AI Capex
-IT Large Cap Infosys trades just over 1430, losing over 1%
-The software giant had announced fresh Capex towards AI
August 18, 2025 12:48:00 IST
L&T trades red after losing the marginal gains
-Larsen and Toubro trades at 3630, losing 1.30%
-The infra large cap sees profit booking after touching the high of 3701.50
August 18, 2025 12:38:00 IST
Volatility index 2% up
-The Volatility Index VIX sees green of almost 2%, stays at 12.60
August 18, 2025 12:35:00 IST
The Mid Cap-Small Cap indices trade upward
-Nifty Mid Cap 100 index trades up at 57,150, gaining over 1.10%
-Nifty Small Cap 100 index with 1.12% gains, trades at 17,743
August 18, 2025 12:28:00 IST
Auto index keeps the gains high
-Nifty Auto index gains 4.40%, trades at 25,180
-The index had touched the intraday high of 25,281.95
August 18, 2025 12:25:00 IST
Nifty breaks down losing early gains
-Nifty50 trades at 24,892, losing early gains in the morning
-The Benchmark index trades with 263 points up, and has touched the intraday high of 25,022.00
August 18, 2025 11:49:00 IST
Dmart gains big!
-Avenue Supermarts Ltd aka Smart shoots 5%
-The large cap supermarket-chain stock trades at 4578
August 18, 2025 11:41:00 IST
Ola Tech hits the upper circuit!
-Ola Tech hits the upper circuit of 10%, trades at 231.20
August 18, 2025 11:34:00 IST
The benchmark surge stays up..
-Nifty50 continue the gains with 1.26% surge, trading at 24,940
-The index gains 313 points as of now. Interesting to see its struggle to cross 25,000 levels.
-Sensex holds the gains at 910 points, trades above 81,500
August 18, 2025 11:19:00 IST
SBI loses early gains!
-State Bank of India trades at 830
-The large cap banking stock touched the intraday high of 838, trades currently with gains of 0.40%
August 18, 2025 11:18:00 IST
NMDC gains
-NMDC trades at 69.72
-The iron ore mid cap stock touched intraday high of 70.40
August 18, 2025 11:13:00 IST
Coal India trades flat green
-Coal India trades at 385
-The PSU large cap trades flat at 0.14% minimal gains
August 18, 2025 11:09:00 IST
Motilal Oswal Finance trades up
-Motilal Oswal Finance Services Ltd trades at 943.50
-The finance mid cap gains 1.70%
August 18, 2025 10:57:00 IST
KEC shares shoot up
-KEC shares gains huge to touch the intraday high of 835
August 18, 2025 10:55:00 IST
ONGC loses early gains
-ONGC trades at 236
-The PSU stock trades at 236.10 after touching intraday high of 237.98
August 18, 2025 10:52:00 IST
Bajaj Housing gains over 3%
-Bajaj Housing Finance gains over 3.10%
-The stock trades at 116.15
August 18, 2025 10:48:00 IST
The Realty and FMCG indices keep the surge
-Nifty Realty index trades at 896, touching the high of 906.95
-Nifty FMCG index gains 1.75%, trades just above 55,600
August 18, 2025 10:47:00 IST
Tata Steel gains
-Tata Steel gains over 1 %
-The large cap stock trades at 157.10
August 18, 2025 10:44:00 IST
MRF sees the green gains..
-The Mid Cap stock with a huge LMP trades with 3.60% gians
-The tyre stock trades at Rs 1,44,000 after touching the intraday high of 1,53,000
August 18, 2025 10:41:00 IST
IRFC gains over 1.5%
-IRFC trades at 126.40
-The railway finance stock gains 1.53%
August 18, 2025 10:39:00 IST
PG Electroplast bounces back in the green!
-PG Electroplast has bounced back after a series of losing sessions
-The stock gains 8.70%, trades at 532
August 18, 2025 10:37:00 IST
Suzlon loses following the CFO resignation
-Suzlon keeps losing, despite its impressive Q1 results
-The wind energy stock trades at 59.55, losing 0.85%
August 18, 2025 10:34:00 IST
Ashok Leyland's bull run continues!
-Ashok Leyland gains 8%
-The stock has been gaining post its Q1 results and trades at 131.70
August 18, 2025 10:31:00 IST
Inox Wind lose early gains, trades flat red
-Inox Wind trades at 137, after gaining the intraday high of 144
August 18, 2025 10:27:00 IST
NHPC see the green!
-NHPC trades at 83.05
-The hydroelectric mid-stock gained to touch the intraday high of 83.50
August 18, 2025 10:25:00 IST
Solar Industries opens with gains, loses early gains
-Solar Industries gains 0.40%
-The large cap trades at 15,160
August 18, 2025 10:23:00 IST
JSW Cement trades with gains
-JSW Cement continues its gaining spree, post the new listing
-The stock trades over 150, with gains of 2.75
August 18, 2025 10:19:00 IST
VI gains big!
-Vodafone Idea gains over 8%
-The telecom stock trades at 6.65 even though it reported its Q1 numbers with greater losses
August 18, 2025 10:17:00 IST
RVNL trades in gains!
-RVNL trades in greens
-The Railway Mid-cap trades at 330
August 18, 2025 10:06:00 IST
Realty index gains huge 3%
-Nifty Realty index gains 3.05%
-The index gains to trade at 905
August 18, 2025 10:03:00 IST
Reliance gains more than 1%
-Reliance Industries gains 1.15%
-The largest market cap of
August 18, 2025 09:48:00 IST
Nifty crosses 25,000
-The Benchmark index Nifty50 gains 1.58%
-Nifty50 crosses 25,000 and trades at 25,020
August 18, 2025 09:44:00 IST
Pharma index stays flat as well..
-Nifty Pharma index stays flat, green though
-The index trades at 22152
August 18, 2025 09:40:00 IST
Nifty IT stays the loner amid greens..
-Nifty IT index trades flat amid all the gains in other indices.
-The index trades in slight red, at 34,820, with minimal loss of 0.04%
August 18, 2025 09:31:00 IST
Metal and FMCG indices follow the surge
-Nifty Metal index surges 1.15%, trades at 9,322
-Nifty FMCG index gains 1.35%, trades at 55,400
August 18, 2025 09:30:00 IST
HDFC Bank gains big!
-HDFC Bank gains 1.75%
-The large cap bank stock trades over 2020
August 18, 2025 09:26:00 IST
Auto index surges near 4%
-Nifty Auto index surges 3.84%
-The index trades at 25,050
August 18, 2025 09:21:00 IST
Bank Nifty gains over 1%
-Bank Nifty trades in green with 1.21% gains
-The index trades over 56,000
August 18, 2025 09:19:00 IST
The Bull opens the markets up..
-Nifty50 opens surging more than 300 points, trades 24,950
-Sensex trades at 81,570 with 980 points gained
August 18, 2025 09:00:00 IST
Nifty gains over 300 points!
-Nifty50 gains 306 points
-Will it cross 25,000 levels?