The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a negative start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,520 level, a discount of nearly 40 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in red on Monday following weaker than expected GDP data released on Friday after market hours. While BSE Sensex went below 79,500,

Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session in the green. Nifty 50 ended at 24,274, while Sensex closed at 80,248.08. Overnight, Wall Street indices ended mixed. While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit record high levels,

Nifty 50 jumped 0.70 per cent to the level of 24,445.80, breaking above its 50 and 100-day exponential moving averages (DEMA). The index has surpassed previous resistance levels.

Within the Nifty index, Grasim, JSW Steel, Apollo Hospitals, UltraTech Cement and Shriram Finance were among the top gainers. On the other hand, HDFC Life, NTPC, Cipla, SBI Life and Hindustan Unilever were among the top losers.

In today's gain, investors' wealth rose by Rs 3.25 lakh crore, as the market capitalization of BSE-listed companies rose to Rs 449.72 lakh cr

At the opening bell, the BSE Sensex stood at 79,496.63, down by 306 points or 0.38%, while the Nifty 50 was at 24,140.85, gaining 9.75 points or 0.04%. Following the market open, only six stocks were trading in the green,