Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 are likely to open on flat to negative note on October 11, tracking cues from GIFT Nifty trading around 25,084, a short while ago this morning.

Indian benchmark indices again failed to hold the higher (intraday) levels and ended with marginal gains in the rangebound session on October 10 with Nifty closing in green but below 25,000, led by gains in metal and banking stocks.

On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 81611.41 up by 144.31 points or by 0.18 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24998.45 up by 16.5 points or by 0.07 %.

On the global front, Asian markets trade higher, breaking ranks with Wall Street's overnight session which saw key benchmarks slide as investors digested a sticky U.S. inflation report.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed 0.7 per cent, while the broad-based Topix edged up 0.40 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi advanced 0.49 per cent and the small cap Kosdaq added 0.36 per cent.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was ahead by 2.98 per cent, while mainland China's Shanghai Composite was down 1.16 per cent and the CSI 300 was down 2.22 per cent.

On Wall Street, stocks ended lower but off their worst levels of the session, with the rate-sensitive real estate index the worst-performing of the 11 major S&P sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 57.88 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 42,454.12, the S&P 500 fell 11.99 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 5,780.05, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 9.57 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 18,282.05.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Tata Steel Ltd. 46507936.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 20773976.00, Bharat Electronics Ltd. 19155691.00, NTPC Ltd. 15866037.00, Tata Motors Ltd. 13249851.00, On NSE, total number of shares traded was 316.26 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 93973.46 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 330087 with a total turnover of Rs. 22379.52 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1152985 with a total turnover of Rs. 94260.46 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 668511258 with a total turnover of Rs. 42746575.43 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 5077577 with a total turnover of Rs. 427653.43 Crore.

The FIIs on 10/10/2024 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 12824.15 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 864.07 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 16503.41 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 600.95 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -3679.26 Crore and Rs. 263.12