CLOSING BELL —— REVIEW & PREVIEW @4PM —— Wednesday, July 16th 2025

# Nifty struggles to advance amidst concerns that the Fed will keep rates elevated for longer.

NIFTY (+16, 25212)
Sensex (+64, 82634)
Bank Nifty (+162, 57169)

# THEME OF THE DAY:

1) Bullish traders were eyeing US-India trade deal optimism.

2) The markets are awaiting some big trigger to jump towards Nifty’s all-high at 26277.35 mark.

3) Volatility was hallmark of today’s trade amidst:

1) Tariff jitters.
2) Sticky US CPI inflation data.

3) Traders will have to spy with one big eye on the repercussions, the impact of President Donald Trump's latest barrage of tariff threats. Trump has just initiated a 30% tariff on EU and Mexico, starting August 1st.

4) Our call of the day which suggests and points that the challenges of Trump Tariff aren’t over yet, hence, investors can’t be complacent on any excessive intraday strength

# Bottom-line: Nifty gets some mojo in today’s trading session.

# SECTOR GAINERS:
NIFTY PSUBANKS (+1.81%)
NIFTY MEDIA (+1.31%)
NIFTY IT (+0.63%)
# SECTORS LOSERS
NIFTY METAL (-0.54%)
NIFTY HEALTHCARE (-0.34%)
NIFTY PHARMA (-0.32%)

# Adv-Dec 20—29
# INDIA VIX 11.24 (-2.09%)
# NIFTY PCR (17th July) 0.80
# NIFTY PCR (31st July) 1.04
# USD/INR Futures (July) (+0.13%, 85.99)

# TODAY’S MARKET RE-CAP:

1) After a lower open, Nifty ends the day on a positive footing as bulls aim to move above a higher trading range.

2) Bank Nifty (+0.20%) 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) India VIX continues to be depressed at 11.24 levels.

4) The market breadth (20:35) mostly evenly biased.

5) The Nifty Mid-cap (-0.13%) and Nifty Small-cap (+0.02%) indices ended with solid gains.

6) Among sectoral indices, maximum gains was witnessed in Nifty PSU BANKS (+1.7%), Nifty Media (+1.18%), and Nifty IT (+0.61%) while Nifty Metal index slipped 0.57%.

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

# TECHNICAL OVERVIEW:

# A small bullish candle is being formed on the daily charts of Nifty and Bank Nifty’s daily charts 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 25670 mark.

Meanwhile, the biggest interweek support for Nifty will be at 25000 (low as on June 24th).

# BULLS OF THE DAY:
M&M (+2.38%)
WIPRO (+2.18%)
TECHM (+1.87%)
NESTLEIND (+1.73%)
SBIN (+1.72%)

# BEARS OF THE DAY:
SHRIRAMFIN (-2.37%)
ETERNAL (-1.63%)
SUNPHARMA (-1.36%)
CIPLA (-1.35%)
TATASTEEL (-1.07%)

STOCK ALERT:

1) HDFC Bank (+0.03%) to consider its first-ever bonus issue of shares on July 19th .

2) Hathway Cable & Datacom (+5.84%) jumped 8.05% after the company’s consolidated net profit surged 68.92% to Rs 31.03 on a 5.55% increase in revenue from operations to Rs 530.50 crore in Q1 FY26 over Q1 FY25.

3) HDB Financial Services (-3.04%) dropped 2.67% after the company reported a 2.40% decline in net profit to Rs 567.70 crore, despite a 14.97% increase in total revenue from operations to Rs 4,465.40 crore in Q1 FY26 compared to Q1 FY25.

4) SBI (+1.72%) likely to launch Rs 25,000 crore QIP; LIC may invest Rs 7,000 crore: Report

State Bank of India (SBI) may launch a Rs 25,000 crore QIP on July 16, with LIC likely to invest Rs 7,000 crore as anchor. The move aims to boost SBI's capital adequacy and support future growth.

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