In the last trading session of the current financial year (FY 25) on Friday (March 28) amid mixed signals from global markets, the benchmark Indian Equity Index closed under negative scope. Investors became cautious when US President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline approached. Thirty -share BSE Sensex opened at 77,690 today. During the trading, it fell over 500 points to 77,185.62 points. The Sensex finally closed at 77,414.92 with a decline of 191.51 points or 0.25%.
NSE’s Nifty-50, including 50 shares, opened at 23,600.40. It fell to 23,450.20 during day trading. Finally, the Nifty closed down 72.60 or 0.31% to close at 23,519.35, while some recovery from the lower levels.
Sensex and Nifty increase by 5% in FY 2025
With this, the Sensex and Nifty-50 concluded the financial year 2024-25 with a gain of about 5 per cent. On the other hand, Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices recorded 5.4 percent and 7.48 percent respectively during FY 2024-25.
Mixed signs from global markets
A mixed trend was also seen in stock markets around the world. The tariff warnings of US President Donald Trump in Asian markets have affected investors’ perception.
Australia’s ASX 200 index rose 0.36 percent. Both Nikkei and Topix of Japan declined by more than 2 percent. South Korea’s Kospei index declined by 1.31 percent. American market closed on red mark
The three major US stock markets closed down on Thursday. Dow Jones declined by 0.37 percent. S&P 500 declined by 0.33 percent. Nasdaq fell 0.53 percent.
Tremendous purchases continue by FII
The process of purchasing foreign investors on the domestic front continues continuously. On March 27, FII bought equity worth ₹ 11,111.25 crore. In the last six trading sessions, FII has made a net purchase of Rs 32,488.63 crore. At the same time, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) sold Rs 2,517.70 crore on 27 March.
New proposal of SEBI
SEBI has proposed to limit the expiration of equity derivatives on all exchanges only to Tuesday or Thursday. This may change the trading strategy.
