Indian shares pause near record highs at the open
Updates at 9:21 a.m. IST
BENGALURU, Sept 13 (Reuters) -Indian shares were little changed at the open on Friday after a sharp rally to all-time highs in the previous session, with traders expecting markets to consolidate near current levels.
The Nifty 50 index .NSEI was down 0.17% at 25,346.3 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex .BSESN shed 0.15% to 82,840.59, as of 9:21 a.m. IST.
Both the benchmarks openedabout 0.15% higher each, before surrendering gains in the earlyminutes of trade.
The indexes.BSESN rose about 2% each on Thursday - their best session since early June - tohit record highs. The Nifty has risen to all-time highs 55 times this year.
The rally, led by commodities, was sparked by foreign inflows and expectations that top metals consumer China is likely to cut interest rates on mortgages to boost consumption.
Foreign portfolio investors bought Indian shares worth 76.95 billion rupees ($916.7 million) on a net basison Friday, the highestFPI inflows since June 19.
Analysts expect foreign institutional investment (FII)inflowsto Indian equities to rise on firm hopes of a likely U.S. rate cut next week andon domestic macroeconomic stability.
Eight of the 13 major sectoral indexes logged losses. Metals gained 1%, adding to a nearly 3% rise in the previous session.
Indian marketsare likely to see only incremental moves in this session as an equilibrium emerges between the tendency of some investors to lock in profits after a rally andothers resort to buying every dip, two traders said.
Asian markets traded higher on the day, with the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index .MIAPJ0000PUS gaining 0.5%.
($1 = 83.9460 Indian rupees)
FII inflows to Indian equities rises to highest since mid-June on Sept. 12 https://reut.rs/3XnK1yv
Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Sonia Cheema
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
