Market Opening Bell: Sensex dips 704 factors, Nifty under 25,000, all sectoral indices in purple

The Indian fairness benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty, start the brand new buying and selling week on Monday, June 23, 2025, with a big dip amid bearish world cues following the USA’ entry into the Israel-Iran battle, which has saved buyers on edge. The 30-share BSE Sensex opened at 81,704.07, with a dip of 704.1 factors, and the Nifty began the buying and selling session at 24,939.75, declining by 172.65 factors. Within the final buying and selling session, the Sensex closed at 82,408.17 and the Nifty 50 at 25,112.40. Equally, the broader indices began the session within the purple, with the BSE Midcap falling 209.62 factors or 0.46 per cent and the BSE Smallcap index declining 172.20 factors or 0.33 per cent within the early commerce. 

In line with consultants, the largest concern for the inventory markets is the Iranian parliament’s suggestion to shut the Strait of Hormuz. Nonetheless, some consider that the closure of the Strait will hurt Iran and its pal China greater than anybody else. 

“Additionally, if the struggle prolongs West Texas Intermediate (WTI)  oil costs might spike in the direction of USD 100 a barrel and inflation danger in India might be again on the entrance pages as gasoline costs transfer up drastically,” stated Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Analysis), Mehta Equities Ltd.

In the meantime, Brent crude traded 3.17 per cent increased at USD 79.45 per barrel at 6:27 p.m. ET. The US crude benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was buying and selling up USD 3.18 at USD 76.19 per barrel in early New York buying and selling. 

In early commerce, 623 shares within the Nifty pack had been buying and selling within the inexperienced, whereas 1,490 had been buying and selling within the purple. 135 shares remained unchanged.

Asian Markets Right this moment

In the meantime, many of the Asian shares traded within the purple as US inventory futures fell amid rising rigidity within the Center East. On the time of writing the information, Japan’s Nikkei 225 dipped 105,75 factors and was buying and selling at 38,297.48. Nonetheless, Hong Kong’s Grasp Seng slipped 31.66 factors or 0.13 per cent. Equally, South Korea’s Kospi traded within the purple with a dip of 12.27 factors. Nonetheless, China’s Shanghai Composite was up by 5.17 factors or 0.15 per cent.

How did particular person sectors carry out?

All Nifty sectoral indices traded within the purple as we speak. Whereas the Nifty IT fell 1.21 per cent, the Nifty FMCG was down 0.46 per cent within the opening commerce, and the Nifty Metallic jumped 0.62 per cent.