Indian benchmarks are expected to start the day on a negative note on Friday. Trends on GIFT Nifty indicate a flat to negative start for the broader index in India, with a loss of 19 points. Asia-Pacific markets opened in red on Friday after President Trump announced fresh tariffs on furniture, heavy trucks and pharmaceutical products.

Meanwhile, rupee closed nearly flat at 88.6650 against the U.S. dollar due to likely central bank intervention amid continued foreign outflows.

In the commodities market, Oil edged higher and was on track for its biggest weekly gain in 3 months as Ukraine's attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure pushed Moscow to cut fuel exports until the end of the year.

On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 81159.68 down by -555.95 points or by -0.68 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24890.85 down by -166.05 points or by -0.66 %.

On the global front, U.S. stocks fell for a third straight session overnight as hopes for aggressive Fed rate cuts faded and concerns prevailed about the outlook for the artificial intelligence trade.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – HDFC Bank Ltd. 31413279.00, Tata Motors Ltd. 24687611.00, Bharat Electronics Ltd. 23804019.00, ITC Ltd. 22006368.00, ICICI Bank Ltd. 21613389.00.

On NSE, total number of shares traded was 369.59 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 100235.74 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 178886 with a total turnover of Rs. 33792.40 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 4506662 with a total turnover of Rs. 312387.78 Crore.

Total numbers of contracts for index options were 65259403 with a total turnover of Rs. 12354842.90 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 9177316 with a total turnover of Rs. 654254.34 Crore.

The FIIs on 25/09/2025 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 12513.71 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 313.61 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 14381.56 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 490.41 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -1867.85 Crore and Rs. -176.80.