Markets rebound in early trade after 5-day slump

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) amid value buying at lower levels after falling sharply in the last five trading sessions.

The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 117.57 points to 74,571.98 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up 31.3 points to 22,584.65.

Later, the BSE benchmark quoted 272.39 points higher at 74,725.89, and the Nifty traded 47.45 points up at 22,600.80.

From the Sensex pack, Mahindra & Mahindra, Zomato, Adani Ports, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, and Bharti Airtel were the biggest gainers.

Power Grid, Larsen & Toubro, Sun Pharma, and NTPC were among the laggards.

In the last five trading sessions, the BSE barometer lost 1,542.45 points, or 2%, and the Nifty tanked 406.15 points, or 1.76%.

“The market is oversold, largecap valuations are fair and short positions in the market are high. This warrants a bounce back, particularly if a short covering happens. But the real issue is the relentless FII selling in the cash market,” V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.

“It is the sustained DIIs (Domestic Institutional Investors) buying that is preventing the market from a capitulation,” he said.

“Trump tariff uncertainty will continue to weigh on markets,” Mr. Vijayakumar added.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth ₹6,286.70 crore on Monday (February 24, 2025), while DIIs bought equities worth ₹5,185.65 crore, according to exchange data.

“FIIs selling more than ₹6,000 crore worth of Indian equities on Monday (February 24, 2025) and offloading over ₹1 lakh crore since the beginning of this year raises concern that how long domestic inflows would continue to offset overseas investor selling,” Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd., said.

In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading lower.

U.S. markets ended mostly in the negative territory on Monday, February 24, 2025.

Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.51% to $75.16 a barrel.

The Sensex had tanked 856.65 points, or 1.14%, to settle at 74,454.41 on Monday (February 24, 2025) while the Nifty declined 242.55 points, or 1.06%, to 22,553.35.