Date: May 6, 2025
Time: 4:15 PM
By eduinvesting.in | Making Sense of the Market Noise So You Don’t Have To

🛑 Market at Close: The Hangover After the Party

After four straight sessions of cheerleading, the Indian markets finally hit the brakes. Nifty closed below 22,600, and the Sensex gave up more than 100 points, dragged down by banking, auto, and metal names. Looks like the bulls needed a nap.

• Nifty 50: 🔻 29 pts (-0.13%) at 22,589
• Sensex: 🔻 112 pts (-0.15%) at 74,675
• Bank Nifty: 🔻 194 pts (-0.41%) at 47,070
• India VIX: 🔼 +4.8% at 11.2 — fear is slowly waking up.

🔍 Sector Check: Banks Bleed, IT Tries to Code the Dip

• Worst hit: Nifty Bank (-0.4%), Nifty Auto (-0.3%), Nifty Metal (-0.6%)
• Defensive chill: Pharma and FMCG flat to mild green
• Holding fort: Nifty IT 🔼 +0.5% – Thanks to Accenture optimism & weak rupee

💥 Stocks That Got Punched

• Tata Steel 🔻 2.1% — Profit-booking after that China optimism last week
• ICICI Bank 🔻 1.3% — Banks saw profit-taking across the board
• Adani Ports 🔻 2.5% — After the 10% jump last week, gravity took over
• Hero MotoCorp 🔻 1.5% — Pre-earnings jitters?

🚀 Stocks That Refused to Chill

• TCS 🔼 1.1% — IT showing rare strength
• Wipro 🔼 1.5% — “We exist too,” said Wipro after 4 months
• Divi’s Labs 🔼 2.2% — Pharma getting love ahead of USFDA updates
• Sun Pharma 🔼 1.7% — Slight defensive play as volatility ticked up

🌍 Global Cues: Waiting for Uncle Powell

• US Futures: Flat
• Brent Crude: $83.40/barrel – still elevated
• Dollar Index: 105.2 – Firm, keeping INR on the edge
• Eyes On:
  • Fed speeches this week (Kashkari, Powell, etc.)
  • US Jobs data (Friday)
  • Earnings: Disney, Airbnb, Uber

💸 Inflows & FII Mood Swings

• FIIs: Likely net sellers (final data awaited)
• DIIs: Stepping in again — mutual funds be like: “We got this.”

🧠 eduinvesting Take

“Markets don’t crash when everyone expects them to. They wobble when you stop watching. Today was just a healthy exhale.”

With the RBI policy around the corner (June 7) and Fed rate cut hopes flickering, the market’s short-term mood depends on two things: earnings and oil.

Keep your eye on the noise, but stay focused on the signal. This is digestion, not disaster.

📅 What to Watch Tomorrow

• Q4 Results: Titan, Eicher Motors, Godrej Consumer
• US Fed Commentary: Kashkari speaks
• IPO Radar: Go Digit opens May 15, NSDL in the queue
• Nifty Levels: Support at 22,500; Resistance at 22,750

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