CLOSING BELL —— REVIEW & PREVIEW @4PM —— Monday, July 21st 2025

# Nifty posts spectacular gains as market mood improves after HDFC Bank and ICICI ring solid gains post stellar Q1. RIL however drops 3%.

NIFTY (+122, 25091)
Sensex (+443, 82200)
Bank Nifty (+670, 56953)

# THEME OF THE DAY:

# Nifty snaps its 2-day losing streak, and most importantly ends now above psychological 25000 mark.

# Key 5-positive catalysts:

1) Buying in ICICI (+2.74%), HDFC Bank (+2.25%) among key factors behind market rise.

2) Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net buyers on Friday, purchasing equities worth Rs 374.74 crore.

3) India VIX drops towards at 11.10 levels.

4) Bullish traders eyeing US-India trade deal optimism.

5) Additionally, Nifty bulls got a boost from optimism surrounding positive global cues as of writing.

# Reports suggests that Jane Street allowed to resume trading but will not trade in options.

# Anthem Biosciences shares list at 28% premium over IPO price on NSE

# Long Story Short: Nifty’s bullish constructive stance only above 25421 mark. The make-or-break support seen at 24881 mark.

# SECTOR GAINERS:
NIFTY FINANCIAL SERVICES (+1.37%)
NIFTY PVT BANKS (+1.26%)
NIFTY METALS (+1.03%)

# SECTORS LOSERS
NIFTY OIL & GAS (-1.09%)
NIFTY PSUBANKS (-0.62%)
NIFTY FMCG (-0.50%)

# Adv-Dec 31—19
# INDIA VIX 11.20 (-1.67%)
# NIFTY PCR (24th July) 0.86
# NIFTY PCR (31st July) 0.95
# USD/INR Futures (July) (+0.20%, 86.35)

# TODAY’S MARKET RE-CAP:

1) Nifty (+0.49%) ends the day on a positive footing as bulls aim to move above a higher trading range.

2) Bank Nifty (+1.19%) too joins the conga-line of rebounding theme at the broader markets. Bank Nifty’s new all-time-high continues to be at 57628.40 mark

3) The market breadth (31:19) was in favour of bulls.

5) The Nifty Mid-cap (+0.64%) and Nifty Small-cap (+0.06%) indices ended with minor gains.

6) Among sectoral indices, maximum sluggishness was witnessed in Nifty OIL & GAS (-1.07%) followed by Nifty PSU BANKS (-0.56%) and then NIFTY FMCG (-0.46%) but that said, buying was witnessed in Nifty PRIVATE BANKS (+1.21%), BANK NIFTY (+1.15%), and NIFTY METALS (+1.09%).

# Bottom-line: The running of bulls shall continue albeit some serious consolidation.

# TECHNICAL OVERVIEW:

# A bullish candle is being formed on the daily charts of Nifty and Bank Nifty’s daily charts after last week’s bearish candles indicating more gains on cards in the near term.

# Technically, Aggressive upside targets continue to be at Nifty’s all-time-high at 26277.35 mark. That said, confirmation of strength only above 25407 mark.

Meanwhile, the biggest interweek support for Nifty will be at 24882 (low as on July 21st).

# BULLS OF THE DAY:
ETERNAL (+7.50%)
ICICIBANK (+2.71%)
HDFCBANK (+2.25%)
M&M (+1.69%)
HDFCLIFE (+1.68%)

# BEARS OF THE DAY:
RELIANCE (-3.24%)
WIPRO (-2.27%)
INDUSINDBNK (-2.19%)
EICHERMOT (-1.17%)
HCLTECH (-1.16%)

STOCK ALERTS:

1) HDFC Bank (+2.25%) gains after Q1 PAT jumps 12.24% YoY; declares 1:1 bonus and special dividend.

The bank's profit after tax (PAT) for the quarter ended June 2025 stood at Rs 18155.21 crore, a growth of 12.24% over the quarter ended June 2024.

2) Reliance Industries (RIL) fell 3.24%. The company’s profit after tax and share of profit/(loss) of associates & JVs increased by 76.5% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 30,783 crore in Q1 June 2025. The company's gross revenue increased by 6% Y-o-Y to Rs 273,252 crore in Q1 June 2025.

3)_ RBL Bank fell 0.97% after the private lender's standalone net profit tumbled 46.07% to Rs 200.33 crore in Q1 FY26 as against Rs 371.52 crore posted in Q1 FY25. However, total income increased 4.85% year on year (YoY) to Rs 4,510.57 crore in the quarter ended 30 June 2025.

4) Eternal Ltd (formerly Zomato) (+7.5%) jumped out pof the roof after reporting a massive 90 percent year-on-year (YoY) decline in quarterly profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 25 crore in the first quarter (Q1) of financial year 2025-26 (FY26), down from Rs 253 crore in the same period a year ago.

Zomato which operates food delivery platform Zomato and quick commerce firm Blinkit reported revenue from operations rose 70.4 percent YoY to Rs 7,167 crore in Q1, up from Rs 4,206 crore a year ago. It had reported a revenue of Rs 5,833 crore in the previous quarter.

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