Stock market today: The benchmark indices on the Indian stock market are set to witness a gap-up opening on Monday, May 25, as the Nifty futures at the GIFT city in Ahmedabad trade higher, indicating positive momentum for the stocks today.
NSE data showed that the GIFT NIFTY futures advanced 0.96% to 23,949 points ahead of the opening bell on Monday, amid positive cues from low crude oil prices, momentum from Asian markets, and improving sentiment over a potential US-Iran peace deal.
Last week, the NIFTY50 index gained 0.3% on a weekly basis to close at 23,719 points after Friday’s trading session, while the BSE SENSEX also rose 0.2% weekly to close at 75,415 points.
Key things to know before market opens
Asian markets today
The stock market indices in Asia were largely trading in the green due to the lower crude oil prices in the market after investors pinned their hopes on a potential US-Iran peace deal this week.
However, concerns remain over whether or not the two nations can negotiate a settlement to end the conflict in West Asia, which has entered its 13th week since the beginning in late February this year.
The Japan-based Nikkei 225 was trading 3.10% higher at 65,294 points on Monday, the Hong Kong-based Hang Seng index was up 0.86% at 25,606.03 points, China’s Shanghai index was up 0.47% at 4,132.15 points, and Singapore’s FTSE Straits Times Index was up 0.37% to 5,086 points.
In contrast, the Asia Dow was trading 1.04% lower at 6,311.60 points on Monday, compared to the previous market close of 6,377.65 points, according to MarketWatch data.
FII moves in Indian markets
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) sold ₹4,440.47 crore worth of assets from the capital markets in a single day on Friday last week, while the domestic investors acted as a support for the benchmark indices, buying more than ₹6,000 crore worth of assets across the exchanges.
NSDL data showed that as of the week ended Friday, May 22, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) were net investment sellers this month, selling around ₹25,046 crore worth of assets across the classes.
So far in 2026, the foreign investors have sold more than ₹2.13 lakh crore worth of assets in the Indian market.
Oil prices today
The global benchmark for oil prices, Brent crude oil prices, dropped to near $96 per barrel (bbl) on Monday’s market, India time, as the United States and Iran reportedly move closer to signing a peace deal to end the West Asia conflict this week.
Since last week’s closing levels, the crude oil prices have cooled more than 5% to slide under the $100 per bbl psychological level in the last two trading sessions in the global market.
As of 8:05 am (IST), the Brent crude oil prices were trading 1.42% lower at $98.79 per bbl on Monday’s market, compared to $100.21 per bbl at the previous market close, according to Investing.com data.
The lower oil prices have also weighed down the US dollar demand in the market, both of which are positive indicators for the Indian stock market. Bloomberg US Dollar spot index data showed that the greenback was trading 0.24% lower at 98.999 as of 10:25 pm (ET), compared to the previous market close.
Q4 results today
Key focus of stock market investors will also remain on the companies announcing their March quarter results, for any stock-specific action which follows or comes ahead of the earnings release.
Companies like Hitachi Energy India, Suzlon Energy, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, Container Corp. of India, Pine Labs, Amara Raja Energy, Aditya Birla Fashion, Awfis Space Solutions, Steel Exchange India, Rajputana Stainless, among others will announce their Q4 results today.
Stocks to watch today
Oil companies, paint sector stocks, tyre stocks, and aviation stocks will remain in focus of the stock market investors on May 25, after petrol and diesel prices were raised by ₹2.61 to ₹2.71 per litre on Monday.
However, the global oil prices remained lower on May 25 due to the renewed hopes of a potential peace deal this week.
Other stocks like Sterlite Technologies, Wipro, Hindalco Industries, Sun Pharma, Eicher Motors, Reliance Infrastructure, and IRFC will also remain in focus of the investors due to individual corporate developments after market hours on Friday and over the weekend.