Indian stock market live updates today 12 Feb 2021
Indian Stock Market Live Today 12 Feb 2021: Sensex and Nifty are trading marginally higher, IT stocks are in focus
Market live today 12 Feb, at 9.55 am IST: It was a positive start for the Indian stock market today amid negative cues from the other Asian market peers. Sensex opened at 51614.77 levels, up by 83.25 points while Nifty made a flat to the positive opening of just 12.9 points higher at 15186.20. The Bank Nifty on the spot price made a negative opening of 15.5 points at 35736.60 levels.
At 9.55 am IST, Sensex and Nifty are trading higher by 0.19% and 0.16% respectively while Bank Nifty on the spot price is trading 0.21% up.
Wipro, Tech Mahendra, and Infosys are trading as the top gainers in the Nifty index whereas ITC, Coal India, and ONGC are trading as the top losers. Reliance, ITC, and SBI are trading as the most active stocks in the Nifty index at this moment.
On a sectoral basis, IT & Software, Capital Goods, and Real Estate sectors are trading higher whereas Metals, FMCG, and Healthcare sectors are trading as the top losers at 9.55 am IST.
Indian stock market may open flat to negative today
Good morning and welcome to the Indian stock market today 12 Feb at 8 am IST.
Most of the Asian markets are not trading today. Nikkei is trading lower by 0.28% whereas Hang Seng and Shanghai are having a holiday today. SGX Nifty is 20 points down. The global market cues are indicating a flat to negative opening for the Indian stock markets today.
The last minutes buying in technology, healthcare, and communications sectors helped the US indexes Nasdaq and S&P 500 to close higher on Thursday. The US markets started on a higher note on Thursday but erased all gains and traded lower most of the day. The US market indices Nasdaq and S&P 500 gained 0.38% and 0.17% respectively while Dow closed marginally lower by 0.02% on Thursday.
The European markets mostly closed positive on Thursday as gains in the industrial transportation, media, and construction materials sectors helped the markets to trade higher. The European market indices FTSE and DAX closed higher by 0.07% and 0.77% respectively whereas CAC closed marginally lower by 0.02% on Thursday.
Indian markets closed higher on Thursday on the back of buying of heavyweight Reliance Industries. Sensex and Nifty gained 0.43% and 0.44% respectively on Thursday. FIIs were the buyers and DIIs were the seller in the cash market segment. FIIs bought Rs944.36 crore while DIIs sold Rs 707.68 crore in the cash market segment on Thursday.
News that may impact the Indian stock market live today 12 Feb
The number of US weekly claims for unemployment benefits decreased to 793000 last week from 812000 a week earlier, as per the data released by the US Labor Department on Thursday. The US unemployment claims fell last week to a level well below an early January peak.
Indian stock market today may remain cautious ahead of IIP and CPI data to be announced later today.
Today’s Quarterly results- Grasim Industries, Bharat Forge, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Anant Raj, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, REIT, Force Motors, GIC Housing Finance, etc.
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