Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in early trade on Wednesday, mirroring a positive trend in global markets and buoyed by consistent buying by domestic institutional investors.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 115.8 points to 85,640.64, while the 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 40.7 points to 26,217.85.
With the year drawing to a close, analysts expected the markets to show an upward bias on the back of strong domestic macros and supportive earnings growth expectations in the coming quarters of the new financial year.
“As 2025 draws to a close the market appears to be moving to a consolidation phase with an upward bias. The strong domestic macros and the supportive earnings growth expectations in Q3 and Q4 of FY26 and for FY27 will provide the fundamental support to the market,” said VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited.
“The sustained domestic inflows and consistent DII buying will impart resilience to the market. However, since FIIs may sell the rallies, a sharp breakout is unlikely,” he added.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth ₹1,794.80 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), however, remained buyers as they bought equities worth ₹3,812.37 crore.
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Vijayakumar further said that the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to do an additional OMO (Open Market Operations) to the tune of ₹2 lakh crore will significantly enhance liquidity and bring down yields.
The central bank on Tuesday said it will purchase government securities worth ₹2 lakh crore and conduct a USD 10 billion buy/sell dollar-rupee swap auction to inject liquidity in the banking system. The OMO (Open Market Operations) purchase and swap auctions will be conducted between December 29, 2025 and January 22, 2026.
The bank also said it will continue to monitor evolving liquidity and market conditions and take measures as appropriate to ensure orderly liquidity conditions.
The latest announcement comes days after the RBI conducted ₹1 lakh crore OMO purchase auctions of Government of India securities and USD/INR Buy/Sell Swap auction of USD 5 billion for a tenor of three years.
From the 30-Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, NTPC, Trent, Bharat Electronics, Adani Ports and Eternal were among the gainers, while Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HCL Tech and Sun Pharma were among the laggards.
In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai’s SSE Composite index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index all traded in positive territory. On the other side of the globe, US markets ended higher on Tuesday.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, traded 0.02 per cent up at USD 62.39 per barrel.
Snapping the two-day gaining streak, the Sensex on Tuesday dipped 42.64 points or 0.05 per cent to settle at 85,524.84. The Nifty ended marginally up by 4.75 points or 0.02 per cent to 26,177.15.
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