Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened flat in trade on Monday. While BSE Sensex was above 74,300, Nifty50 was above 22,550. At 9:19 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 74,365.51, up 33 points or 0.044%. Nifty50 was at 22,574.35, up 22 points or 0.097%.
Following three weeks of decline, markets rebounded strongly with nearly 2% gains last week. The upswing was supported by positive global and domestic indicators, boosting investor sentiment. The upcoming trading week will be shorter due to holidays, with traders focusing on global developments amidst limited domestic events.
Important points to watch for include updates regarding tariff discussions, geopolitical situations, and their effects on US dollar movements and crude oil pricing.
Dr. V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services says, “The trend of FII selling in India continued in early March, too. But there are signs of slight decline in the intensifying in the last couple of days. Up to March 7th FIIs have sold equity for Rs 24753 crores taking the total equity selling in CY 2025 to Rs 137354 crores.”
US equities closed higher on Friday, recovering from early losses after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s positive economic assessment, despite trade policy uncertainties leading to the largest weekly drop in months.
Asian equities declined on Monday, affected by US growth concerns and China’s inflation falling negative for the first time in a year.
Oil prices declined on Monday due to worries about US import tariffs affecting global economic growth and fuel demand. Additionally, increased production from OPEC+ producers reduced investors’ interest in higher-risk assets.
Gold prices increased slightly on Monday, supported by a weakening dollar and investors seeking safe-haven assets amidst global trade war concerns. Market participants awaited additional indicators regarding the Federal Reserve’s position on interest rates.
Foreign portfolio investors became net sellers at Rs 2,035 crore on Friday. Domestic institutional investors purchased shares worth Rs 2,320 crore.
FIIs’ net short position increased from Rs 1.74 lakh crore on Thursday to Rs 1.76 lakh crore on Friday.
