Indian stock markets opened in green on Tuesday's trading session. Sensex opened at 73,971.45 gaining 322.83 points and 0.44 per cent while the Nifty opened at 22,426.45 gaining 90.05 points, which is 0.4 per cent gain buoyed by positive global cues.
The Sensex, India's key equity index, opened down by 131.51 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 73,883.04, while the Nifty, another major index, started the session lower by 23.25 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 22,438.75.
Indian stock market indices extended their losses from the previous week, though marginally, tracking weak US market cues and concerns of over-heating in small and midcaps space.
The inflation data--both for retail and wholesale--set to be released this week will be on investors' radar for fresh cues. Retail inflation data will be released later in the day today.
Indian stock indices touched their fresh highs on Wednesday and settled firm, tracking firm cues from banking stocks and overall stable macro-economic parameters.
The Sensex, India's benchmark stock index, began trading 165.44 points lower at 72,548.72, while the Nifty 50 index, which represents the National Stock Exchange of India's top 50 companies, opened down 45.40 points at 22,061.00.
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Indian stocks extended their gains to be in the green at opening bell Thursday, largely tracking a rebound in Asian and US peers after hotter-than-expected US inflation pulled them down in the previous session.
Indian stock indices were marginally higher at Thursday's opening bell, tracking positive cues from overnight US markets. The latest return of foreign portfolio investors to India also somewhat supported the stocks.