The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a negative start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,721 level, a discount of nearly 60 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

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On January 8, strong backing from Reliance Industries prevented major indices from significant declines. Oil and gas stocks surged due to rising crude prices, while support from the IT sector and ITC share rebounds helped the indices recover to end the session flat.

The BSE Sensex and Nifty50, India’s key equity benchmarks, opened lower on Thursday. The BSE Sensex traded below the 78,000 mark, while the Nifty50 was under 23,650. At 10 am, the Sensex dropped by 235.

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Tech sell-off. Stocks fell on Tuesday as investors worried about economic data and tech names tumbled.

This also comes at a time when the rupee hit an all-time low, though its drop was attributed to both volatile domestic equities and a strengthened US dollar

Indian benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex staged a modest recovery on Wednesday, closing slightly in the negative as a rebound in IT stocks provided support. Gains in Reliance Industries lifted the oil and gas sector,