Markets in India were trading lower in today's(5th January 2020) opening deals, on the back of weak global cues.
Among headline indices, the S&P BSE Sensex fell 100 points to 48,070 levels and the Nifty50 index hovered around 14,100. ONGC (down 2%) was the top Sensex laggard, followed by Mahindra &Mahindra, NTPC, and ICICI Bank (all down 1%).
The majority of the Nifty sectoral indices were trading in the red, led by Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Metal indexes, down 1 percent, each.