Bharath Rajeswaran

Indian benchmarks notched their fourth straight week of gains on Friday, their longest winning streak in 2025 so far, fuelled by stable quarterly earnings, strong festival season sales and easing global trade tensions.

India's equity benchmarks reversed early losses on Friday, pushing Nifty 50 to a one-year high, as gains in Reliance Industries ahead of its results outweighed losses in Infosys and Wipro, which fell on margin concerns despite robust earnings.

India's equity benchmarks rose to more than three-month highs on Thursday, led by Nestle's India unit and Axis Bank after their earnings, while rate-sensitive sectors rallied on growing expectations of monetary easing.

India's equity benchmarks fell for a second straight session on Tuesday dragged by financial stocks, though they outperformed most Asian peers as U.S.-China trade tensions dampened risk appetite.

Indian shares inched lower on Monday, weighed down by IT stocks and tracking losses in Asia after the United States issued fresh tariff threats against China, while investors awaited domestic retail inflation data for September.

Inflows into India's equity mutual funds eased 9% month-on-month to 304.22 billion rupees ($3.44 billion) in September as a sharp slowdown in sectoral and thematic funds weighed on overall flows, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on Friday.

India's equity benchmarks logged their biggest weekly gains in more than three months, driven by IT and bank stocks as buoyant sentiment ahead of the earnings season drew in foreign investors.

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company's suspension of lump-sum subscriptions in its silver exchange-traded fund-of-funds is "purely temporary" and likely to be lifted within the next couple of weeks as supply improves after the Hindu festival of Diwali, said Satish Dondapati, fund manager at the firm.

Indian shares were muted in early trade on Thursday, as losses in financials offset gains in IT stocks, while investors awaited Tata Consultancy Services to kick-off earnings season for blue-chip companies.

India's stock benchmarks rose on Wednesday, lifted by IT stocks ahead of quarterly results and Titan after the jeweller reported an 18% rise in September-quarter domestic sales.