Stock Market Today Highlights: The domestic market exhibited a day (Tuesday, January 27) of volatile trading and concluded positively on the monthly expiry day, affected by mixed signals and renewed tariff worries, which were countered by optimism regarding the completion of the India–EU trade deal.
The Nifty 50 increased by 0.51% to reach 25,175.4, while the Sensex climbed 0.39% to 81,857.48. Bank Nifty (+1.25%) was big outperformer and most importantly, ended on a very positive footing.
Recently, Bank Nifty’s had scaled a new all-time-high at 60,437.35 mark.
Market volatility surged to a seven-month peak, with investors feeling uneasy about US tariff policies and in anticipation of India’s federal budget, set to be announced on February 1.
Among the 16 major sectors, eleven recorded gains. The broader small-cap and mid-cap indices rose by 0.4% and 0.6%, respectively.
The domestic stock indices opened the day nearly flat but showed a modest upward movement on Tuesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the much-anticipated India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The Nifty 50 index opened at 25,063.35, gaining 14.70 points or 0.06%, while the Sensex began the session at 81,662.37, up by 124.67 points or 0.15%.
Gift Nifty was trading around 25,190 level, a premium of nearly 110 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close, which indicated a positive start for the Indian stock market indices.
Globally, Asian markets traded mixed, while the US stock market ended higher overnight ahead of the US Federal Reserve policy meeting.
Market participants will focus on the key triggers, including the India-US trade deal, Q3 results, geopolitical developments, flow of foreign funds, rupee trajectory, Donald Trump tariff policies, and gold and silver prices.
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