Indian frontline indices opened lower on Friday due to heavyweights like ITC, HUL, Asian Paints and M&M falling the most.

At 9.58 a.m., Sensex was down 200 points or 0.25 per cent at 82,762 and Nifty was down 63 points or 0.25 per cent at 25,325.

The broader market trend remained bullish. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), 1697 shares were trading in the green and 598 shares in the red.

In early trading hours, Nifty midcap 100 index was up 363 points or 0.61 per cent at 60,003 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 128 points or 0.66 per cent at 19,482.

In the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, Wipro, JSW Steel, Tata Motors, Power Grid, Nestle, IndusInd Bank, NTPC, SBI, Bajaj Finserv, SBI and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the top gainers. Asian Paints, HUL, ITC, Bharti Airtel, M&M, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, Maruti Suzuki and UltraTech Cement were the top losers.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its profound grief at the passing away of Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Party on September 12, 2024. He died after battling a severe lung infection at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was aged 72 years.

Sitaram Yechury was the topmost leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), an outstanding leader of the Left movement and a well-known Marxist ideologue.

He was a brilliant student who secured a first class in both his undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in economics. He joined the student movement in Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1974 and became a leader of the Students Federation of India. He was thrice elected as President of the JNU Students Union within a span of two years. He was the All India President of the Students Federation of India from 1984 to 1986 and played an important role in developing the student organisation as an all-India force.

Indian equity indices closed in the green on Thursday led by metal, auto and banking stocks.

Sensex closed at 1,439 points or 1.77 per cent higher at 82,962 and Nifty closed 470 points or 1.89 per cent higher at 25,388.

Intraday, both Sensex and Nifty made a new all-time high of 83,116 and 25,433 respectively.

Buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. The Nifty Midcap 100 index was at 59,640, up 702 points or 1.19 per cent and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 19,354, up 192 points or 1.01 per cent.

Indian equity indices opened in the green on Thursday, following positive global cues from Asian and US markets.

At 9:54 a.m., Sensex was up 236 points or 0.29 per cent at 81,759 and Nifty was up 89 points or 0.36 per cent at 25,007.

Buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 361 points or 0.61 per cent at 59,299 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 107 points or 0.65 per cent at 19,238.

Deven Mehata, Derivative analyst of Choice Broking said: "After a gap-up opening, Nifty can find support at 25,000 followed by 24,900 and 24,800. On the higher side, 25,150 can be an immediate resistance, followed by 25,250 and 25,300."

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the revised scheme of budgetary support for the cost of enabling infrastructure for Hydro Electric Projects (HEP) with a total outlay of Rs 12,461 crore.

The modified scheme of the Ministry of Power for a cumulative generation capacity of about 31,350 MW would be implemented from FY2024-25 to FY2031-32.

"This revised scheme would help in faster development of hydroelectric projects, improve infrastructure in the remote and hilly project locations and would provide a large number of direct employment to the local people along with indirect jobs," a Cabinet communique said.

The Indian equity markets closed in the red on Wednesday due to weak global sentiments.

At closing, Sensex was down 398 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 81,523 and Nifty was down 122 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 24,918.

Selling was led by banking stocks. Nifty Bank was down by 262 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 51,010.

In the Sensex pack, Tata Motors, SBI, Wipro, NTPC, L&T, M&M, JSW Steel, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, and Reliance were the top losers.

India equity indices were trading flat following weak global cues from the US and Asian Markets.

At 9.45 a.m., Sensex was up 69 points or 0.09 per cent at 81,990 and Nifty was up 29 points or 0.12 per cent at 25,070.

In early trade, Buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 291 points or 0.49 per cent at 59,330 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 88 points or 0.46 per cent at 19,405.

In the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, Ultratech Cement, HUL, SBI, Power Grid, HCL Tech, ITC and Kotak Mahindra Bank were top gainers. Tata Motors, Wipro, ICICI Bank, JSW Steel, Infosys, Titan, HDFC Bank and Tech Mahindra were the top losers.

Indian equity indices closed in the green on Tuesday due to a rally in the IT stocks.

At closing, Sensex was up 361 points or 0.44 per cent at 81,921 and Nifty was up 104 points or 0.42 per cent at 25,041.

Buying was also seen in the midcap and large-cap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 691 points or 1.19 per cent at 59,039 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 220 points or 1.15 per cent at 19,317.

The net assets under management (AUM) of the Indian mutual fund industry surged to cross Rs 65 lakh crore mark for the first time in August, data from the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI) showed on Tuesday.

Equity funds saw Rs 38,239 crore inflows in August, a 3.03 per cent growth from Rs 37,113 crore witnessed in July.

Equity inflows have shown remarkable strength, with the last four months consistently exceeding Rs 34,000 crore.

Indian equity markets were trading higher as heavyweights like Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, Power Grid, Nestle, NTPC, Sun Pharma, HCL Tech and Infosys emerged as top gainers in Sensex.

At 9:45 a.m., Sensex was up 43 points or 0.05 per cent at 81,605 and Nifty was up 13 points or 0.05 per cent at 24,950.

In early trade, buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap was up 613 points or 1.05 per cent at 58,960 and Nifty smallcap was up 167 points or 0.88 per cent at 19,259.

Bajaj Finserv, M&M, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank and TCS were top losers in the Sensex.