Mumbai, April 3
Indian equity indices opened lower on Thursday following a sharp sell-off in global markets after the US President Donald Trump announcement of reciprocal tariffs.
At around 9:20 am, Sensex was down 470 points or 0.61 per cent at 76,197, and Nifty was down 105 points or 0.45 per cent, at 23,227.
In early trading hour, midcap and smallcaps were trading with minor gains compared to largecap. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 125 points or 0.24 per cent at 52,183 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was up 121 points or 0.75 per cent at 16,283.
On the sectoral front, Auto, IT, PSU bank, FMCG, metal and media were in the top laggars. Pharma, realty and energy were major gainers.
In the Sensex pack, Infosys, HCL Tech, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Tata Motors, M&M, Bharti Airtel, Reliance, HDFC Bank, Maruti Suzuki and Kotak Mahindra Bank were major losers. Sun Pharma, Power Grid, NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Titan and UltraTech cement were major gainers.
Vikram Kasat, Head-Advisory, PL Capital-Prabhudas Lilladher, said, "Large Tariff shocks threatens US and global recession If these policies, if sustained - would likely push the US and Global Economy into recession this year.”
"In very general terms, Canada and Mexico have got off lightly, while those in Asia, particularly China and Vietnam, have been hit hard. The European Union and Japan sit somewhere in the middle. Just the hope - no one retaliates Since If you retaliate, there will be escalation. If you don’t retaliate, this is the high water mark,” he added.