Market snaps two-day fall, banking stocks trade mixed following Q1 show

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Stock market on Monday snapped a two-day fall with Nifty closing above 25,000 in a volatile session.

At close, the Sensex was up 442.61 points or 0.54% at 82,200.34, and the Nifty was up 122.30 points or 0.49% at 25,090.70. BSE Midcap index rose 0.5%, while the Smallcap index ended flat.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to ₹460 lakh crore from ₹458.4 lakh crore in the previous session.

Among the sectors, auto, capital goods, private bank, power, realty, metal up 0.5-1%, while IT, PSU Bank, oil & gas, FMCG down 0.4-1%.

The Nifty Metal index rose 1.03% while on the flip side, the FMCG index slipped 0.50%.

Nifty Bank and Financial Services ended with solid gains of 1.19% and 1.62%, respectively.

Nifty Private Bank clocked a healthy gain of 1.26%, but the PSU Bank index slipped 0.62%.

Bank Nifty was higher by almost one per cent, with HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank contributing to the gains to lift the index. Further, Kotak Bank and IDFC First Bank were the only other constituents trading with gains, while the others dragged.

HDFC Bank’s shares rose 2% after the lender reported a 12% jump in net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 while the shares of ICICI Bank Ltd gained nearly 3% in trade after investors and experts were positive of the bank’s beat on net interest margins (NIMs) for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

RBL Bank shares sank over 3% while Bandhan Bank shares plunged more than 4% intraday.

Around 161 stocks hit their 52-week high while 52 stocks touched 52-week lows.

The notable names touching the high were Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd, Authum Investment & Infrastructure Ltd, Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd, Dalmia Bharat Ltd, EID Parry India Ltd, HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd, Muthoot Finance Ltd, Schaeffler India Ltd, Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd, UltraTech Cement Ltd, UPL Ltd, UTI Asset Management Company Ltd, Ventive Hospitality Ltd, and Vishal Mega Mart Ltd. among others.

While on the lows were Tejas Networks Ltd, Protean eGov Technologies Ltd, ArisInfra Solutions Ltd, HDB Financial Services Ltd, S.A.L. Steel Ltd, Smartworks Coworking Spaces Ltd, and Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals Ltd.