Increasing profit by the second day, up to 80,597.66 to settle at 80,597.66, and 50-shyer NSE Nifty increased to 11.95 points or 0.05%, 24,631.30, while gaining profit at 80,597.66. File | Photo Credit: Hindu
The benchmark stock indices sense and Nifty ended the flat in highly unstable trade on Thursday (August 14, 2025), in which investors adopted a waiting-and-looking approach to the US-Russia talks.
Increasing the profit by the second day, the 30-share BSE Sensx climbed 57.75 points or 0.07%to organize at 80,597.66. During the day, it rose from 211.27 points or 0.26% to 80,751.18.
50-Sare NSE Nifty rose 11.95 points or 0.05%to 24,631.30. Among the Sensex firms, eternal, Infosys, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finserv and Titan were the leading beneficiaries.
However, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Adani Ports and Bharat were among the Electronics Legords.
Trump-Putin meeting may have significant implications for energy markets, which is potentially leading to reducing sanctions against Moscow.
Meanwhile, S&P upgraded India’s sovereign credit rating to ‘BBB’ with a stable approach after a gap of nearly 19 years, citing strong economic development, political commitment for fiscal consolidation and ‘favorable’ monetary policy to check inflation.
S&P Global Rating said, “India is one of the best performing economies in the world … government spending quality has improved in the last five to six years.”
The impact of the US tariff on the Indian economy would be “managed”, S&P said, saying that 50% tariff (if imposed) on American exports will not “drag” the material on growth.
“India is relatively less dependent on trade and about 60% of the economic growth stems from domestic consumption,” said this.
In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi settled in a positive area, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index and Hong Kong’s Hong Seng were reduced.
Equity markets in Europe were mostly trading. The American markets ended more on Wednesday (August 13, 2025).
The wholesale price inflation fell to a 2-year low of 0.58% in July, as deflation in food and fuel placed WPI in the negative area for the second consecutive month, showing the government figures released on Thursday (August 14, 2025).
Global Oil Benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.53% to $ 65.92 per barrel.
According to exchange data, foreign institutional investors (FII) on Wednesday (August 13, 2025) launched a price of ₹ 3,644.43 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DII) purchased shares of 5,623.79 crore as per the exchange data.
On Wednesday (August 13, 2025), Sensx climbed 304.32 points or 0.38%to settled at 80,539.91. The Nifty increased to 131.95 points or 0.54%, 24,619.35.
Published – August 14, 2025 04:16 pm IST
