The GIFT Nifty hints at a positive start for Indian markets, with Nifty futures trading slightly lower at 23,303.50 as of 7:20 am IST.

Market breadth remains weak with 770 advances and 1,921 declines, indicating widespread selling pressure across sectors.

Market breadth remained firmly positive, with 2,083 stocks advancing against 699 declining on the NSE.

The overall market breadth remained positive, with 1,708 stocks advancing against 999 declining.

The market breadth remained relatively balanced, with 1,470 stocks advancing against 1,349 stocks declining, reflecting mixed investor sentiment.

The market breadth remained positive, with 1,517 stocks advancing, while 739 stocks declined, showcasing a marginally bullish undertone.

Sensex ended nearly unchanged at 78,501.12, while Nifty finished flat at 23,644.80, marking no change in percentage terms.

Nifty Pharma, Nifty Oil & Gas, and Nifty Consumer Durables emerged as the outperformers. On the other hand, Nifty IT and Nifty Financial Services exhibited weak performance.

India VIX rose by 3.04 per cent to 14.40, indicating a slight uptick in market volatility.

On November 29, 2023, foreign institutional investors (FII) bought shares worth Rs 71.91 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DII) purchased shares worth Rs 2,360.81 crore.

Top gainers on the Nifty included Divis Labs, Cipla, Adani Enterprises, Hindalco, and Axis Bank

However, buying activity is observed in the broader market indices, with Nifty Mid-cap and Small-cap outperforming the frontline indices.

On October 09, foreign institutional investors (FII) offloaded shares worth Rs 997.76 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DII) bought shares worth Rs 2,661.27 crore.

Ahead of the final trading day of May, stock futures remained steady on Tuesday evening as investors closely monitored the federal debt ceiling discussion in Washington.

The stock is up by 54.05 per cent year to date and over 117 per cent in just 2 years.

The auction will take place on March 24 between 10:30 am and 11 am. The reversal of funds will take place on March 29, 2023.

The indices soared, thanks to the gains in the index heavyweight - Reliance Industries and HDFC twins.

BSE Realty, metal and healthcare stocks were the most upper band hitters. No sector closed in the red today.

Nifty Midcap and Smallcap ended with a loss of 2.66 per cent & 2.17 per cent, respectively. 

Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex closed above the levels of 16,200 & 54,300, respectively.

The shares of telecom, realty & autos were in demand while IT, Teck, and FMCG stocks dragged the market down.

On Thursday morning the markets opened marginally lower, owing to weaker global cues. 

Crude oil price decreased slightly and was trading at USD 120 per dollar, whereas Gold prices also increased by 3 per cent. The Nasdaq was down by 1.32 per cent at market close on Wednesday, whereas the Asian markets also mimicked the weaker sentiments and were trading 0.50 per cent lower 

The market is trading in favour of advances. Currently, the advance to decline ratio stands as 253:140.

All the sectoral indices ended positively with Nifty IT and Nifty Realty gaining nearly 3 per cent each.

All sectoral indices are on a bull run today with IT stocks leading the pack. While significant gains were also seen in Realty, Oil & Gas, Auto and Information Technology. The benchmark indices at BSE soared along with broad-based indices. Today the FII net selloff was recorded at Rs -5,045.34 crore and a DII inflow of Rs 3,358.67 crore was recorded.