Market Opening Bell: In early trade, 625 stocks in the Nifty pack traded in the green, while 1,580 traded in the red. 73 stocks remained unchanged.
Sensex, Nifty Today: The Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, opened in the red on Friday, April 04, 2025, amid a sharp sell-off in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 135.27 points to open at 76,160.09, while Nifty was down 59.7 points, starting the trading session at 23,190.40. In the last trading session on Thursday, the Sensex closed at 76,295.36 and Nifty 50 at 23,250.10.
From the Sensex pack, Tata Motors, Infosys, IndusInd Bank, Larsen & Toubro, HCL Tech were among the biggest laggards in the opening trade, with Tata Motors losing around 2.55 per cent. On the other hand, stocks like HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel and Mahindra & Mahindra were in the green. HDFC Bank was the top gainer on the BSE, up 1.31 per cent while writing the report.
In early trade, 625 stocks in the Nifty pack traded in the green, while 1,580 traded in the red. 73 stocks remained unchanged.
What Gift Nifty indicated?
Earlier, Gift Nifty, an early indicator for equity market indices, indicated a negative start for the Nifty 50, which opened in the red at 23,069 against the previous close of 23,240.50.
Asian Markets Today
Meanwhile, Asian markets traded in the red today as Wall Street witnessed one of the worst falls since 2020. The S&P 500 was down 4 per cent and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 6 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,679 points. Apple witnessed its sharpest drop in five years on US bourse and dropped up to 9 per cent.
At the time of writing the news, Japan’s Nikkei 225 dipped 1,277.25 points or 3.68 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi was down by 44.47 points or 1.79 per cent.
How did individual sectors perform?
Major Nifty sectoral indices traded in the red today, with the Nifty IT falling by 1.91 per cent. Similarly, Nifty Auto was down by 1.06 per cent. Also, Nifty Metal fell 1.51 per cent, and Nifty FMCG was down by 0.68 per cent in the opening trade.
