The Week That Was: June 16 to 20

🧨 The Week That Was: June 16–20, 2025

Where Nifty climbed, midcaps sulked, and oil prices rose like summer temperatures in Delhi.

📈 Markets This Week – Big Boys Boomed, Minis Moaned

India’s frontline indices strutted into the weekend like movie stars at a red-carpet event.

• Sensex danced up by 1,046 points to ~82,408

• Nifty 50 gave a matching performance, adding 319 points to ~25,112
  (Clearly, these two are practicing for a synchronized Olympic event.)

But the midcaps and smallcaps? They took a chai break on Thursday and never returned.

• Nifty Midcap 150: down 1.6%

• Nifty Smallcap 250: down 1.9%
  (Maybe someone told them it was Opposite Day.)

🧭 What Moved the Markets?

• RBI walked in and said: “Let’s ease provisioning norms,” and just like that, PSU Banks got a reason to smile again. (+0.5–0.8%)

• The Fed waved a future promise of two rate cuts, and bulls across the globe whispered: “Hope lives.”

• FII Buying made a comeback like your favourite 90s hero in a sequel nobody asked for—but we all loved it anyway.

• Israel–Iran tensions reminded us that peace is still on leave, capping the upside and dragging mid and small caps into moody territory.

🌍 Meanwhile, on Planet Earth…

Globally, markets threw a bit of everything into the blender. In the U.S., the S&P 500 barely moved (–0.15%), Dow Jones tripped (–0.8%), while the Nasdaq danced ahead (+0.7%)—clearly, tech had its coffee.

Mid-cap indices like the S&P MidCap 400 and Russell 2000 sulked (–1.46% and –1.49%, respectively), perhaps upset over not being invited to the Nasdaq party.

In Europe, the STOXX 600 and Euro STOXX 50 dropped (~1.1% and 1.7%), despite a Friday sugar rush. Asia wasn’t much cheerier—Nikkei slid (–0.5%), Hang Seng fell harder (–2%), but Kospi surprised with a cheerful +1.5%.

Brent crude rose ~3.7% (clearly prepping for summer gym season), while U.S. 10-year bond yields loitered around 4.4%, still undecided on their next move.

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