HFCL Bags ₹656 Crore Export Orders; Nifty India Defence Leads Sectoral Sell-Off & More.
Market Recap: 08th December, 2025
📈 Top Gainers & Losers (Nifty 50)
🗞 Stock News Highlights
MTAR Technologies (-2.33%): Stock dropped despite the company securing a ₹194-crore order for end fittings and components in the civil nuclear power sector from a new customer.
NBCC (India) (-3.64%): Stock moved lower even after the company successfully sold 175 residential units in Greater Noida through an e-auction for ₹485.41 crore.
HFCL (-3.68%): Stock slips despite securing ₹656 crore export orders for optical fiber cables through its overseas subsidiary from a global customer.
Ola Electric Mobility (-3.92%): Stock edged lower despite the company commencing mass deliveries of its 4,680 Bharat Cell–powered vehicles, led by the upgraded S1 Pro+ model.
🏢 Sectoral Performance
Defence | Nifty India Defence (-3.68%): Sector declined on profit booking after the previous week’s rally, seeing heavy selling, with 1 gainers and 17 Draggers.
Realty | Nifty Realty (-3.00%): Index slipped as all real estate stocks, including DLF, Prestige, and Godrej Properties, fell up to 4%, despite RBI’s 25 bps rate cut.
PSU Bank | Nifty PSU Bank (-2.81%): Index declined as all PSU bank stocks fell, pressured by profit booking, weak investor sentiment, and FII selling.
Media | Nifty Media (–0.48%): Index slipped today, continuing its year-long decline of 32.82%, with major losers including Nazara Tech.,Zee Entertainment, and Saregama India.
🔍 Market Insights
Technical Level: Nifty started lower with a gap down, sustained selling dragged index further, facing resistance at 26,180 and closing near 25,890 support.
Advance-Decline Ratio: A broad sell-off pushed 2,579 stocks lower, while only 579 rose, highlighting prevailing bearish sentiment in today’s market.
The Big Picture: Gold prices rose modestly as the U.S. dollar weakened ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting, with softer economic data and inflation expectations boosting bullion demand while investor caution kept gains limited.
FII/DII Activity (Dec 05, 2025): DII bought ₹4,189 crore, while FII sold ₹439 crore, supporting market momentum despite the overall market fall today.
🔮 Watch Out For Tomorrow
IPO Corner: Methodhub Software & Flywings Simulator SME IPOs subscriptions close tomorrow, giving investors their final opportunity to apply.
Macro: Germany’s Balance of Trade (Oct) and Australia’s interest rate decision are set to release tomorrow, attracting investors’ attention.
Index Watch: Market witnessed a selloff today, breaking below 26,000. Declining sectors, led by Nifty India Defence, dragged the index near daily support, signaling a potential downtrend. Will the market sustain tomorrow or continue the selloff?
📝 Word Of The Day
Arbitrage: It is the simultaneous buying and selling of an asset in different markets to profit from price differences, exploiting inefficiencies without taking market risk.
👀 Stay tuned. Stay diversified.
Until next time,
Team Pocketful.




