Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, dropped in opening trade on Monday. While BSE Sensex dipped over 400 points, Nifty50 moved below 24,400. At 9:17 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 80,190.49, down 414 points or 0.51%. Nifty50 was at 24,393.15, down 138 points or 0.56%.
This week the market is likely to be influenced by the Economic Survey 2023-24 and Budget 2024 presentation during the Budget session of the Parliament that begins today.
Investors are cautious ahead of the upcoming Union Budget on July 23rd, which is expected to provide direction to the market. The earnings season is also set to pick up pace, leading to stock-specific actions. Apart from the Budget, key events to monitor include the US Core PCE data and PMI data, according to Siddhartha Khemka, Head – Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.
Technical analysis indicates a reversal in the short-term trend of Nifty from all-time highs, with the possibility of further weakness. The next lower supports to watch are around 24,200 and 24,000 levels, while immediate resistance is at 24,850 levels, as per Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.
Global markets showed mixed trends, with S&P 500 futures rising 0.3%, while Hang Seng futures were little changed. Japan’s Topix fell 0.4%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.3%, and Euro Stoxx 50 futures fell 1.1%. The dollar declined following U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement to halt his reelection campaign, while China’s yuan remained stable despite the central bank’s move to reduce a key interest rate.
Oil prices increased early on Monday, with Brent crude rising by 48 cents to $83.10 per barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbing 42 cents to $80.55, as investors monitored signals indicating the potential start of a rate-cut cycle.
Several stocks are in the F&O ban period today, including GMR Infra, Hindustan Copper, PEL, India Cements, Balrampur Chini Mills, Vedanta, SAIL, HAL, and Bandhan Bank. Foreign portfolio investors turned net buyers at Rs 1,506 crore on Friday, while DIIs sold shares worth Rs 461 crore.
The net long of FIIs reduced from Rs 3.90 lakh crore on Thursday to Rs 3.58 lakh crore on Friday. IDBI Bank and Suzlon Energy are among the 44 companies set to announce their first quarter results on Monday.
This week the market is likely to be influenced by the Economic Survey 2023-24 and Budget 2024 presentation during the Budget session of the Parliament that begins today.
Investors are cautious ahead of the upcoming Union Budget on July 23rd, which is expected to provide direction to the market. The earnings season is also set to pick up pace, leading to stock-specific actions. Apart from the Budget, key events to monitor include the US Core PCE data and PMI data, according to Siddhartha Khemka, Head – Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.
Technical analysis indicates a reversal in the short-term trend of Nifty from all-time highs, with the possibility of further weakness. The next lower supports to watch are around 24,200 and 24,000 levels, while immediate resistance is at 24,850 levels, as per Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.
Global markets showed mixed trends, with S&P 500 futures rising 0.3%, while Hang Seng futures were little changed. Japan’s Topix fell 0.4%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.3%, and Euro Stoxx 50 futures fell 1.1%. The dollar declined following U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement to halt his reelection campaign, while China’s yuan remained stable despite the central bank’s move to reduce a key interest rate.
Oil prices increased early on Monday, with Brent crude rising by 48 cents to $83.10 per barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbing 42 cents to $80.55, as investors monitored signals indicating the potential start of a rate-cut cycle.
Several stocks are in the F&O ban period today, including GMR Infra, Hindustan Copper, PEL, India Cements, Balrampur Chini Mills, Vedanta, SAIL, HAL, and Bandhan Bank. Foreign portfolio investors turned net buyers at Rs 1,506 crore on Friday, while DIIs sold shares worth Rs 461 crore.
The net long of FIIs reduced from Rs 3.90 lakh crore on Thursday to Rs 3.58 lakh crore on Friday. IDBI Bank and Suzlon Energy are among the 44 companies set to announce their first quarter results on Monday.
