Weekly market update, Apr 04, 2025

The Indian benchmark indices ended the week lower, snapping a two-week winning streak, dragged by global trade tensions due to Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, which spooked investors across the domestic and global markets. Market sentiment was rattled after US President Donald Trump’s tariff salvo against more than 180 countries fuelled renewed concerns over a trade war. During the week, the BSE Sensex declined 2.64 per cent, while the NSE Nifty declined 2.61 per cent. The broader markets, the BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap declined by 2.46% and 1.65% respectively. On sectoral front, most sectoral indices ended lower during the week.

Analysts expect that investors will monitor key market triggers in the second week of the new fiscal (FY26).  MPC meeting by Reserve bank of India, the first set of March quarter earnings for fiscal 2024-25 (Q4FY25), global tariff announcements, macroeconomic data, and global market cues will dictate the market direction in the second week of April.

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