Snapping a three-day losing streak, benchmark Sensex gained 1,022 points, while Nifty hit the 26,000-mark on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) on buying across the board supported by a rally in global peers amid rising expectations of a US Fed rate cut and fresh foreign fund inflows.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 85,609.51, up 1,022.50 points or 1.21%. During the day it rose 1,057.18 points or 1.24% to 85,644.19.
The 50-share NSE Nifty closed 320.50 points or 1.24% higher at 26,205.30, just 10 points shy of its all-time high. The broader index touched a record intra-day high of 26,277 on September 27, 2024.
In intra-day trade, Nifty rose 330.35 points or 1.27% to 26,215.15.
Growing optimism over a possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine also boosted investor sentiment, experts said.
Among Sensex companies, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Axis Bank and Infosys were the major gainers.
Bharti Airtel and Asian Paints emerged as laggards in this group.
Market participation was broad, with metals, energy and IT leading the way. Mid-cap and small-cap indices also rose more than 1% each.
In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed in the positive territory. The Kospi rose 2.67%, the Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.85% and the Hang Seng index rose 0.13%. However, Shanghai’s SSE Composite index closed lower.
European markets were trading in the green. On Tuesday (November 25, 2025), US markets closed with gains.
“Indian markets staged an impressive rally on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) with broad-based buying across sectors reflecting sharp risk-on sentiment in global equities.
“The rise was supported by rising expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut in December after the latest US economic releases – including September retail sales and producer price data – indicated softening demand and inflation,” Ponmudi said. said R, CEO of online trading and wealth tech firm Enrich Money.
According to exchange data, foreign institutional investors bought equities worth ₹785.32 crore on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) also bought stocks worth ₹3,912.47 crore.
The BSE midcap gauge rose 1.32% and the smallcap index rose 1.23%.
Among sectoral indices, metal rose by 2.08 per cent, oil and gas by 1.81%, followed by energy (1.68%), capital goods (1.65%), services (1.63%), power (1.59%) and commodities (1.58%).
BSE Telecommunication emerged as the lone laggard.
A total of 2,800 shares advanced while 1,371 shares declined and 154 shares remained unchanged on the BSE.
Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Ltd. said, “Globally, market sentiment has improved with rising expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut in December along with softening of US yields and a weaker dollar. Additionally, growing optimism over a possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is boosting risk appetite, thereby boosting the positive outlook for the year ahead.”
Global oil benchmark Brent crude rose marginally 0.03% to $62.50 a barrel.
“Renewed optimism over a potential rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in December, as well as expectations of a 25-basis-point repo rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India early next month, improved investor sentiment.”
“Additionally, softening of crude oil prices on hopes of progress towards peace between Ukraine and Russia provided further support,” said Ajit Mishra, SVP, Research, Religare Broking Ltd.
On Tuesday (November 25, 2025), the Sensex fell 313.70 points or 0.37% to close at 84,587.01. Nifty fell 74.70 points or 0.29% to 25,884.80.
published – November 26, 2025 05:25 PM IST
