The Asian markets were also scattered here and there, but this didn’t affect the traders who were watching the key data releases: China’s manufacturing print, India’s GST collections, and industrial output. With both domestic and global signals coming in, the week started with a calm yet certainly optimistic atmosphere. Are you prepared for the market drama of December? It is already happening!
Stock Market Today : Market Snapshot (1 December, 2025)
Pre Opening (9:10 AM)
- Sensex: 86,065.92, up 359.25 points (0.42%)
- Nifty: 26,325.80, up 122.85 points (0.47%)
Sensex and Nifty opened on a positive note, gaining nearly half a percent each. Strong global cues and improved investor sentiment supported the re-opening, setting a cautiously optimistic tone for the session.
Stocks To Watch Today
Auto Sector
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November automobile sales data due today; auto stocks in focus
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Maruti Suzuki: NCLT approves merger of SMG with MSIL, effective Dec 1, 2025
Banking & Financials
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ICICI Bank allots 3,945 NCDs worth ₹3,945 crore
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HDFC Bank fined ₹91 lakh by RBI; appoints Vibhash Naik as CHRO from Feb 1, 2026
Stock Market Today: Global Market Highlights
US Markets (Wall Street)
- US stocks edged higher in a thin, post-Thanksgiving session
- Retail gains and tech recovery supported the upmove
- Fed rate-cut expectations for December strengthened sentimen
- Dow Jones up 0.61% to 47,716.42
- S&P 500 up 0.54% to 6,849.09
- Nasdaq up 0.65% to 23,365.69
- All major S&P sectors rose except healthcare
- Eli Lilly slipped 2.6%
Global Cues
- Asian markets began December mostly lower
- China’s manufacturing data remains the key focus
- US futures flat after a positive week on Wall Street
- Nasdaq gained for the fifth straight session
- US 10-year yield up over 2 bps at 4.02%
- USD logs its worst week since July amid rate-cut bets
- Gold extends gains for the fourth month
- Silver hits an all-time high
- OPEC+ keeps 2026 group-wide oil output unchanged
Asian Markets
- Asian indices traded mixed
- Japan’s Nikkei slipped 1.6%
- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 1%
- Investors eye multiple economic data releases ahead of expected Fed cut
Oil Market
- Crude prices rose over 1.5% on MondayBrent at $63.32 per barrel, up 1.51%
- WTI at $59.45 per barrel, up 1.54%
- OPEC+ maintains Q1 2026 output pause
- Group aims to slow market-share push amid supply-glut concerns
Institutional Flows (FIIs & DIIs)
- FIIs net sold Indian equities worth ₹3,796 crore on Nov 28
- DIIs net bought equities worth ₹4,148 crore
- DIIs purchased ₹14,627 crore and sold ₹10,479 crore
- FIIs bought ₹10,175 crore and sold ₹13,970 crore
- Year-to-date: FIIs net sold ₹2.58 lakh crore; DIIs net bought ₹7.01 lakh crore
Stock Market Friday
If you were expecting Friday to provide a grand finale to the week, the markets had a different agenda! The Indian indices, in the last session of the month which was tumultuous, opted for a calm attitude. The Sensex moved down by just 13.71 points (mind you, it was really almost nothing!) and closed at 85,706.67 while the Nifty decreased by 12.60 points, closing at 26,202.95, the end of the story after a two-day win streak.
Midcap and smallcap indices, no less metropolitan, accompanied the benchmarks and were as flat as them. However, there is a paradox, despite the slow finish on Friday, the indices each recorded a nice 0.5% gain on a weekly basis and a 2% upswing for the month of November. Not too shabby, huh?
In the pharma, communication and automobile sectors, the market’s energy was a little higher with 0.5-1% gains, while the power, oil & gas, and telecom sectors took the opposite direction. The main players of the day were: Adani Enterprises, M&M, Adani Ports, Sun Pharma, and HUL. However, their counterparts, SBI Life, Shriram Finance, HDFC Life, Power Grid, and Airtel were on the losers’ side.
The markets continued to remain flat, yet they were far from being dull!
(With Input)