Indian benchmark indices are expected to open marginally lower on Tuesday as the SGX Nifty indicates a negative start for the broader index, amid a lack of triggers and muted global sentiment.

Further, Q4 earnings of Adani Ports, Mankind Pharma, Torrent Pharma, Apollo Hospitals, Lemon Tree, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Prestige Estates, Reliance Infra among others will be eyed on Tuesday.

Among others, Adani Transmission will also be watched after it reported a 85 per cent on-year increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 440 crore for Q4FY23.

On Monday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 62846.38 up by 344.69 points or by 0.55 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18598.65 up by 99.3 points or by 0.54 %.

On the global front, Global markets remain watchful as the tentative US debt ceiling deal now faces a tussle between the Republicans and Democrats before it gets passed through the Congress. As per Reuters, a handful of Republican lawmakers Monday said they would oppose the deal, which will be taken up for vote on Wednesday.

US cash market was closed on Monday. The stock futures gained up to 0.5 per cent this morning. Asian markets were mixed with Nikkei, Strait times dipping up to 0.4 per cent while Hang Seng and Kospi rose up to 0.9 per cent.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 43253971.00, Tata Steel Ltd. 41062311.00, ITC Ltd. 19826254.00, State Bank of India 18432231.00, ICICI Bank Ltd. 12108079.00, On NSE, total number of shares traded was 26.67 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 53331.30 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 214206 with a total turnover of Rs. 21170.04 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 734779 with a total turnover of Rs. 52197.88 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 164425842 with a total turnover of Rs. 15555139.42 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 2863080 with a total turnover of Rs. 209402.89 Crore.

The FIIs on 29/05/2023 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 8530.83 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 851.34 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 6741.17 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 441.46 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. 1789.66 Crore and Rs. 409.88