The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a negative start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,583 level, a discount of nearly 63 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

Top losers on the Nifty included Tata Steel, Zomato, L&T, Tata Motors and Adani Ports, while gainers were Nestle India, HUL, M&M, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Asian Paints

BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in red on Thursday. While BSE Sensex was below the 78,000 mark

TCS results will give an indication of what is in store for the IT sector. The strength of the US economy and the depreciation of rupee will be tailwinds for the IT sector.

Equity benchmark Sensex crashed over 600 points in intraday trade, while the Nifty 50 came closer to 23,500 on the downside.

HDFC Bank Ltd shares were down 1.56 per cent at Rs 1,722 after the Q3 update. December was the third consequent quarter of sequential corporate loan decline as the banks continued to choose profitability over balance sheet growth.

On January 7, the Indian stock market benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty 50, gained even as HMPV virus fears persist.

This also comes at a time when the rupee hit an all-time low, though its drop was attributed to both volatile domestic equities and a strengthened US dollar

Indian benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex staged a modest recovery on Wednesday, closing slightly in the negative as a rebound in IT stocks provided support. Gains in Reliance Industries lifted the oil and gas sector,

Indian stock market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty 50 fell 0.80% in intraday trade on January 9, marking the second consecutive session of decline due to weak global cues and rising US dollar and bond yields.