Sensex drops 0.18 per cent, Nifty Auto and Realty underperform!
Sensex is down by 0.18 per cent, hovering around 81,360, and Nifty is down by 0.35 per cent, trading near 24,880.
Market Update at 9:35 AM: On Thursday, Indian markets opened on a positive note, with both Nifty and Sensex showing positive movement. Nifty IT led the gains and Nifty Auto was the biggest laggard.
As of now, the Sensex is down by 0.18 per cent, hovering around 81,360, and Nifty is down by 0.35 per cent, trading near 24,880. Similarly, in the broader market, the Nifty Midcap declined about 0.42 per cent to about 59,204, and the Nifty Smallcap is down by 0.05 per cent, trading near 19,290.
India VIX rose by 2.61 per cent and is trading at 13.39, indicating a rise in market volatility.
Within the sectoral landscape Nifty IT and Nifty PSU Bank are among the Top Gainers while Nifty Auto, Nifty Realty and Nifty Media are underperforming.
INFY, SBIN, and HINDALCO are among the top gainers within the Nifty 50 while BAJAJ-AUTO, HEROMOTOCO, and EICHERMOT are among the Top Losers.
About 838 stocks are advancing as against to 1,411 stocks that are declining, thus indicating a negative sentiment in the broader market.
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Pre-Market Update at 8:00 AM: On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.79 per cent higher at 43,077.70. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also closed higher, gaining 0.47 per cent and 0.28 per cent, respectively.
Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty 50 and the S&P BSE Sensex extended their two-day losing streak on Wednesday, reflecting a broader sell-off across global markets. Most indices in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe fell sharply, influenced by overnight trading on Wall Street.
Trends on the GIFT Nifty indicate a flat to positive start for the broader Indian index, with a gain of 31.5 points or 0.13 per cent. Nifty futures were trading around the 25,033.5 level.
The US 10-year Treasury yield jumped 44 bps to 4.02 percent, while the US 2-year bond yield rose 16 bps to 3.94 percent.
Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Thursday, paring sharp losses from the past two sessions, after industry data showed an unexpected drop in U.S. crude stockpiles last week. Brent crude was trading 0.61% higher at $74.67 a barrel as of 06:34 a.m. Bloomberg spot gold was trading at $2,677.34 an ounce.
On October 16, 2024, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 3,435 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth Rs 2,256 crore.
Stocks banned from trading in the F&O segment on October 17, 2024, include Bandhan Bank, Chambal Fertilizers, GNFC, Granules, Hindustan Copper, IDFC First Bank, IEX, Manappuram, National Aluminium, PNB, RBL Bank, SAIL, and Tata Chemicals.
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