Heavy selling in autos metals pull Nifty below 24,900

The domestic share market ended lower on Friday as losses in auto and energy sectors outweighed optimism surrounding the recent UK trade agreement focused on tariff reductions for key goods.At close, the Sensex was down 721.08 points or 0.88 percent at 81,463.09, and the Nifty was down 225.10 points or 0.90 percent at 24,837. About 826 shares advanced, 2,654 shares declined, indicating that the advance-decline ratio was in favour of the bears, and 107 shares were unchanged.
Cipla ,SBILife,ApolloHosp, DrReddy, SunPharma are the top gainers on the Nifty while losers included Bajaj Finance, Hindalco,HDFC Bank, Reliance Power.On the sectoral front,all sectoral indices, barring pharma and healthcare, sank deep into the red. The Nifty Media index led losses, sinking over 2.5 percent, while the Nifty IT, Metal, Auto, PSU Bank, and Realty indices were over one percent lower each.Broader markets also struggled,with both the Midcap and Smallcap 100 indices slipping over 1 percent,according to information
Rupee Close: 
On 25 July'25,the Indian rupee rose to 86.53 against the US dollar on Friday amid a negative trend in domestic equities and foreign fund outflows dented investors' sentiments.Forex traders said the local unit is trading in a range-bound manner as investors weighed the latest global trade developments.
Trading Guide:
Market experts recommended five stocks to buy on Friday-Vijaya Diagnostic Centre, Krishana Phoschem, Globus Spirits, Rainbow Children's Medicare, and IPCA Laboratories.

(Business Correspondent)