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Market starts week on positive note, IT rallies on US Fed hint on rate cut

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August 26, 2025

Benchmark indices started the week on a positive note, erasing some of the previous session's losses.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE New Delhi, 25 August

The Nifty 50 index continued to face resistance at around the 25,000 levels.

Sensex closed up 329.06 points or 0.40 per cent at 81,635.91, while the Nifty 50 was up 97.65 points or 0.39 per cent at 24,967.75.

Broader market indices underperformed key indices, with BSE Mid and Smallcap indices ending on a flat note.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to Rs 455 lakh crore from Rs 453.65 lakh crore in the previous session.

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