Latest after the Bell @ 4:00 PM – Thursday, October 16th 2025

Nifty finally reclaims the much coveted 25500 ahead of Diwali week! NIFTY (+262, 25585)Sensex (+813, 83419)Bank Nifty (+623,

Nifty finally reclaims the much coveted 25500 ahead of Diwali week!

NIFTY (+262, 25585)
Sensex (+813, 83419)
Bank Nifty (+623, 57423)

Nifty bulls cheered IMF upgrading India’s GDP Growth forecast by 20 basis points to 6.6% for FY-26.

All sectoral indices, barring PSU Banks, ended in green led by robust buying in FMCG space, where Nifty FMCG Index was up 2.02%.

USD/INR October Futures tumble to 87.89!

Long story short: Breakout play likely to continue on back of

  1. Rate cut hopes by Fed and RBI.
  2. Positive global cues.
  3. Consumer spending amidst lower GST rates ahead of festive season.
  4. IMF increasing India’s GDP Growth forecast by 20 bps to 6.6% for FY-26.

Adv-Dec 45—05

INDIA VIX 10.86 (+3.13%)

NIFTY PCR (20th OCT) 1.54

NIFTY PCR (28th OCT) 1.08

USD/INR Futures (OCT) (-0.25%, 87.89)

SECTOR GAINERS:

NIFTY FMCG (+2.02%)
NIFTY REALTY (+1.90%)
NIFTY CONSUMER DURABLES (+1.53%)

SECTORS LOSERS

NIFTY PSUBANKS (-0.44%)

TODAY’S MARKET RE-CAP:

1) Nifty (+1.03%) staged a momentum play in Thursday’s session as it remained in green right from the word ‘go’ in early action.

Nifty its also way above its 21 DMA (25096), 50 DMA (24909) and its 100 DMA (24977)

2) Bank Nifty too echoed Nifty’s gains, up 1.10% for the day.

3) The market breadth (45:05) was in favour of the bulls.

4) Broader markets too joined the rally where Nifty Mid-cap 50 (+0.53%) and Nifty Small-cap (+0.24%) totally outperformed the benchmarks.

STOCKS IN SPOTLIGHT:

1) Shares of One 97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, hit a 52-week high of ₹1,305, gaining 2 per cent on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade amid heavy volumes. The stock price of the fintech company surpassed its previous high of ₹1,296.70 touched on September 4, 2025.

2) Shares of Ola Electric Mobility (Ola Electric), India’s largest electric vehicle company, were buzzing in trade on Thursday, October 16, 2025, with the stock rising up to 5% hitting its upper price band of ₹55.20 per share.

3) Nestlé SA plans to cut 16,000 jobs as new Chief Executive Officer Philipp Navratil seeks to accelerate a turnaround at the Swiss foodmaker.

BULLS OF THE DAY:

NESTLEIND (+4.76%)
TATACONSUM (+3.10%)
TITAN (+2.45%)
AXISBANK (+2.25%)
KOTAKBANK (+2.11%)

BEARS OF THE DAY:

ETERNAL (-3.91%)
HDFCLIFE (-2.38%)
SHRIRAMFIN (-0.54%)
INFY (-0.24%)
JIOFIN (-0.18%)

OUR VIEW FOR FRIDAY’S TRADE

Technically, the next goalpost seen at 25670 mark, high as on June 30th 2025.

The benchmarks will look to end yet another week on a positive note.

Bottom-line: Festive season optimism likely to help benchmarks acquire more heights.

ALL ABOUT NIFTY:
Nifty (CMP: 25585)
Support: 25401/25225
Resistance: 25670/26000
Range: 25465-25670
21 DMA: 25096
50 DMA: 24909
200 DMA: 24220
Trend: Positive

BULLISH LOOKING STOCKS:

BEL

RBLBANK

RELIANCE

BULLISH LOOKING STOCKS (LONG TERM):

HBL ENGINEERING

L&T

CHOLAFIN

BEARISH LOOKING STOCKS:

KEI

MFSL

CUMMINSIND

STOCKS TO AVOID:

AMBUJACEM

HDFCAMC

IEX

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