Share Market Today: Key Moves, Market Mood, Top Stocks

Introduction

Share Market Today (17/04/2025) opened negative but market rallied and closed in good green supported by strong buying in financial stocks, even as concerns lingered over U.S. tariff policies and a global economic slowdown. At close, the Sensex was up 1508 points or 1.95 percent at 77,044.29, and the Nifty was up 414.45 points or 1.76 percent at 23,437.20.

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Market Update

Indices Performance:

• Nifty 50:  414.45 points or 1.76%
• Sensex: 1508 points or 1.95%

Sector Performance:

• Top Gainers: Banking was the top gainers.
• Losers: All major index closed in green.

Here’s the latest performance for the major indices :

Top Gainers of Share Market Today

Top Losers of Share Market Today

Post-Market Commentary

Global Context:

Hot Stocks of Share Market Today

• Lloyds Engineering Works: Shares of Lloyds Engineering Works advanced 3.16 per cent to ₹62.99 apiece on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) during intra-day trade on Thursday, April 17, 2025. The uptick in Lloyds Engineering’s share price came after the company announced that its board has declared a rights Issue of 30,85,17,476 equity shares on a partly paid-up basis, aggregating up to ₹987.25 crore.
• Venus Remedies: Shares of Venus Remedies saw strong demand on Thursday, April 17, 2025, surging 14.07 per cent to ₹356.65 per share. The sharp rise in the stock price followed the announcement that the company’s investigational product, VRP-034, had received Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
• Eicher Motors: Shares of Eicher Motors advanced as much as 1.9% today to hit their 52-week high of ₹5,630 on NSE. However, the stock later pared gains to trade 1.6% higher in mid-afternoon hours.
• HDFC Bank: HDFC Bank shares rose over 1% intraday to hit a 52-week high of ₹ 1,883.80 per share. The company saw a traded value of over ₹1,094 crore, while its market cap stood at ₹14.2 lakh crore. The company’s shares are up over 5% so far this year.
• Gensol Engineering: Shares of Gensol Engineering were frozen at the 5% lower circuit limit on Wednesday, April 16, as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the capital markets regulator, on Tuesday barred the company and its promoters – Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi – from the securities markets till further orders in a fund diversion and governance lapses case.
• Vadilal Industries shares rose more than 4% today to hit a 52-week high of ₹5,950 per share. So far this year, Vadilal Industries shares have zoomed more than 47% despite sluggish proformance by the broader markets.

Data Impact

• India VIX down by 1.61% to 15.86 – reflects cooling nerves, but VIX still above 15 implies high intraday volatility.

• The Indian rupee logged its best weekly gain since mid-March, rising 0.8% to close at 85.3675 against the US dollar, aided by foreign inflows and a weak dollar.
•  Indian stock market will remain closed on 18 April 2025 for Good Friday.
• With the price of gold hitting Rs 95,000 per 10 grams in the local commodities market, it is just 5% away from the psychological barrier, Rs 1 lakh.

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Sectors

• The Bank Nifty emerged as the top-performing sectoral index, climbing over 2 percent, driven by gains in heavyweight stocks such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank.
•  Auto, Pharma, Oil & Gas, and PSU Bank followed suit, each posting sharp upmoves of over a percent. Nifty FMCG, Metal, and Realty clocked gains of 0.7 percent. On the flip side, Nifty IT was the sole laggard, falling 0.35 percent following a cautious outlook from Wipro.

• The mid and smallcap 100 indexes also mirrored positive trends with gains of 0.6 and 0.4 percent, respectively.

News and Events of Share Market Today

• RBI rate cut buzz: The RBI policy meeting decided to cut 25 BPS rate.  As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its first bi-monthly policy meeting of FY2025–26, announced a 25-basis-point rate cut for the second consecutive time and shifted its stance from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Accommodative’.
•  Better Q4 results 2025: “After a promising Q4 business update given by most Indian banks, the market expects strong Q4 results from the banking majors. Many banks are also exerting fund-raising options. This means banks expect sustained business in upcoming quarters, which means demand and supply from the industries remain on an uptrend.
• Ease in trade war tension: “The US President Donald Trump has claimed that many countries are more than eager to negotiate on tariffs imposed by the US administration on them. This means the trade war fear has eased and the reciprocal tariff has shifted towards trade negotiations,” said Avinash Gorakshkar.

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FII/FPI & DII trading activity 

Combined FII / FPI & Domestic Institutional Investors (DII) trading data across BSE, NSE and MSEI is collated based on trades executed by FIIs / FPIs and DIIs.

Conclusion

Stock Market Trading Basics

Part-1: The History of Stock Trading

Part-2: The History of Stock Market Crashes

Part-3: Stock Market Trading: Vocabulary

Part 4: Equity Finance vs Debt Finance

Part-5: Indian Stock Market Holidays Calendar

Part-6: How to Invest Smartly in Stock Market

Disclaimer The content in this blog is for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. Stock markets are subject to risks, and past performance does not guarantee future results.