Top Gainers and Losers on August 06, 2025: RBI Holds Rates; Asian Paints Gains, Wipro Drops

On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Indian stock markets ended the day in the red after the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.50%.

Following the policy update, the Sensex declined by 166.26 points (0.21%) to close at 80,543.99, while the Nifty50 dropped 75.35 points (0.31%) to settle at 24,574.20.

Top Gainers of the Day

• Asian Paints opened at ₹2,440 and closed higher at ₹2,484.10, up 1.94%, with over 20 lakh shares traded, valued at ₹50,204.91 lakhs.
• HDFC Life rose 1.88% to ₹752.40 from the previous close of ₹738.50. It hit a high of ₹755 with a trading volume of 17.97 lakh shares.
• Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) gained 0.87% to ₹3,240.10, with a strong trading value of ₹59,948.03 lakhs.
• BEL (Bharat Electronics Ltd) moved up by 0.69%, closing at ₹389.30. It witnessed a massive volume of 1.68 crore shares.
• Coal India edged up 0.67% to ₹376.50 from a previous close of ₹379.50, with volumes exceeding 58 lakh shares.

Top Losers of the Day

• Wipro fell the most among Nifty stocks, slipping 2.5% to ₹239.75 from ₹245.91. Over 77 lakh shares changed hands worth ₹18,569.15 lakhs.
• Sun Pharma dropped 2.37%, closing at ₹1,593.50. It recorded a low of ₹1,591 and had a traded value of ₹38,265.60 lakhs.
• Jio Financial (JIOFIN) was down 2.06% to ₹326.00. Over 1.16 crore shares were traded, totalling a value of ₹38,134.74 lakhs.
• Tech Mahindra (TECHM) declined 2.05% to ₹1,455.00, slipping from a previous close of ₹1,485.40 with a traded volume of over 10 lakh shares.
• IndusInd Bank fell 1.97%, ending at ₹803.00, with nearly 52.5 lakh shares traded, amounting to ₹42,308.23 lakhs in value.

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Conclusion

Indian markets closed slightly lower on August 6, 2025, as investors reacted cautiously to RBI’s policy stance. While select stocks like Asian Paints and HDFC Life showed resilience, IT and pharma counters such as Wipro and Sun Pharma faced selling pressure. 

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