Thursday, September 2, 2021
The Indian benchmark indices witnessed volatility in opening trade amid a mixed global market setup and ahead of weekly F&O expiry. Indices gyrated between gains and losses. Eventually, Sensex managed to hold gains and was trading 85 points up at 57,500 levels while Nifty reclaimed 17,100 marks, up 50 points.
DRL, Titan, and Ultratech were the top gainers in the Sensex pack and HCL Tech, Asian Paints and Power Grid were the worst laggards.
In the broader markets, BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap were up 0.3 percent each.
Shares in Asia-Pacific were in the red with Japan's Nikkei down 0.1 percent and Topix index down 0.3 percent. South Korea's Kospi dipped 0.65 percent, and the S&P/ASX 200 in Australia shed 1 percent.
However, overnight, the S&P 500 closed marginally higher, up 0.031 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.33 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged as it declined 0.14 percent.
