Mumbai, 23 January. The Indian stock market started flat on Friday. Sensex opened with a slight gain of 28 points at 82,335 and Nifty opened with a gain of 55 points at 25,344. Indices like Metal and IT are leading the market rise in early trade. Apart from this, Health Care, Pharma, Consumer Durables, Commodities, Private Bank and Auto were in the green.
On the other hand, indices of Realty, Energy, FMCG, PSU Bank, India Defence, Oil & Gas and Infra shares were in the red. Along with largecaps, midcaps and smallcaps are also trading at a brisk pace. The Nifty Midcap 100 index was at 58,322, up 131 points or 0.25 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 16,711, up 34 points or 0.20 per cent.
TCS, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Bharti Airtel, M&M, Trent, ITC and HDFC Bank were the gainers in the Sensex pack. Indigo, Power Grid, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, L&T and SBI were the losers. Most of the international markets are trading at a brisk pace. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul were in the green.
However, Jakarta was in the red. American stock markets closed in the green on Thursday. The trend of FII selling and DII buying continued on Thursday also. FIIs sold shares worth Rs 2,549.80 crore, while DIIs bought shares worth Rs 4,222.98 crore.
Experts say that the trend of FII selling and DII buying is expected to continue in 2026 also, unless the results of the companies are better than expected or the government does not give any new relaxation to attract foreign investment in the market.
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