Asian markets were trading slightly higher on Friday. BSE Telecom, metal, and energy are bullish in the morning session. Selling was seen by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) worth Rs 5,009.62 crore while in domestic institutional investors (DIIs), buying was seen at Rs 1,774.70 crore in the Indian markets on April 07. Crude oil is trading at $95.64 per barrel. The rupee has depreciated this morning and is trading at 75.98 against the dollar.   

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Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd, an S&P BSE SmallCap company, witnessed a surge of 5.86 per cent during the pre-opening session today. 

Activity in the F&O market for the weekly expiry on April 13 shows bearishness in the market. 

On Thursday, the benchmark indices ended lower for the third consecutive session, ahead of the RBI policy outcome on Friday. 

BSE Smallcap index closed in the red territory at the 29,474.70 level, down by 0.75 per cent.

The domestic equity benchmarks extended losses for the third session on Thursday. Among all sectors, only BSE FMCG, Bankex, Healthcare, and Realty ended on a positive note. Most of the European shares ascended whereas many Asian shares declined on Thursday. The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market volatility went down by 0.13 per cent to 19.00 levels.

Among sectoral indices, except for Bankex and Realty, most BSE sectoral indices ended in red

Among the sectoral indices, Nifty Pharma closed marginally higher while the rest of the indices closed lower.

Dr Lal PathLabs Ltd, Godrej Consumers and Hindustan Aeronautics are today’s mid-day movers gaining more than 2 per cent since the market opened.