India’s benchmark stock indices experienced a significant boost on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. The Sensex surged an impressive 575 points, while the Nifty comfortably closed above the 25,300 mark. This robust performance was largely driven by enthusiastic buying in banking and financial sector shares, buoyed by a widespread rally across Asian and European markets and growing hopes of an impending interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The 30-share BSE Sensex concluded the trading day up by 575.45 points, or 0.70%, reaching 82,605.43. Earlier in the session, it had peaked even higher, touching 82,727.02 with a gain of 697.04 points or 0.84%. Similarly, the broader 50-share NSE Nifty ascended by 178.05 points, marking a 0.71% rise, to settle at 25,323.55.
Among the top performers in the Sensex cohort were Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Finserv, leading the pack with substantial gains. Other notable winners included Asian Paints, Larsen & Toubro, Trent, UltraTech Cement, Eternal, and Adani Ports, all contributing to the positive market sentiment.
However, not all stocks participated in the rally. Laggards for the day included Tata Motors, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, and Axis Bank, which ended the session with declines.
The positive momentum in Indian markets mirrored strong performances across Asia, where South Korea’s Kospi, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai’s SSE Composite index, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng all posted significant gains. European markets also traded in positive territory, reinforcing the global wave of optimism, despite U.S. markets having closed on a mixed note on Tuesday, October 14.
According to Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Investments Limited, “The national market inched higher after two days of selling; a dovish comment by the Fed chair on rates and considering an end to its quantitative tightening sparked the global market sentiment.”
In commodities, the global oil benchmark Brent crude saw a slight dip of 0.18%, trading at $62.28 a barrel.
Exchange data revealed that Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers on Tuesday, offloading equities worth ₹1,508.53 crore. Conversely, Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) demonstrated strong buying activity, acquiring stocks valued at ₹3,661.13 crore.
This rally follows a subdued session on Tuesday, October 14, when the Sensex had closed down by 297.07 points (0.36%) at 82,029.98, and the Nifty had fallen 81.85 points (0.32%) to 25,145.50.