Foreign outflows from domestic equities have crossed the Rs 50,000 crore-mark in October so far, the second-worst monthly flows ever, with domestic flows seem to be failing to absorb its impact fully,

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a weak start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 25,090 level, a discount of nearly 30 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fall amid global market volatility, with FIIs selling and DII buying influencing Indian markets.

The Sensex and Nifty 50 opened lower on Friday, shaken by foreign institutional investor sell-offs, disappointing Q2 FY25 earnings projections, and escalating geopolitical tensions that undermined investor confidence.

Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 opened lower on Friday, tracking overnight weakness on the Wall Street

India stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Power and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher. At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index

Within the Nifty index, several prominent companies, including Kotak Bank, JSW Steel, HDFC Bank, and BEL were among the top gainers. On the other hand, CIPLA, Tech Mahindra, Trent, and Infosys were among the top losers.

On the sectoral front, IT index closed down 1%, pharma index down 2% and realty index shed 0.4%, while bank index was up 1%