At market close on Friday, the markets ended the session on a flat note, owing to mixed global cues.  

At the day’s end, Sensex settled at 58,803.33, up by 36.74 points or 0.06 per cent whereas Nifty 50 closed at 17,539.45, down by 3.35 points or 0.02 per cent.  

At 1.30 pm on Friday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat due to mixed global cues as the US markets await jobs data for the month of August on Friday.    

The Asia-Pacific markets are also showing mixed reactions as Japan’s Nikkei 225 index is trading lower by 0.04 per cent and China’s Shanghai Composite is trading higher by 0.05 per cent.    

At 12.30 pm on Thursday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading higher as investors, all over the world, are eyeing Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole Meet today. 

On Wednesday, Sensex ended at 59,085.43, up by 0.09 per cent while Nifty 50 ended higher by 0.16 per cent at the 17,604.95 level.   

Media, telecom, realty, and private bank stocks were seen gaining whereas IT, pharma & auto stocks were moot on the bourses today.  

At 2.30 pm on Thursday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 are trading higher on the bourses since the US inflation data came out better at 8.5 per cent than the expected 8.7 per cent by the analysts.  

On Friday, with the dovish Monetary Policy by RBI, the repo rate hike of 50 basis points kept the bulls in action while bears tried to drag the indices as inflation projections were maintained for fiscal 2022-23 in spite of three consecutive rate hikes. 

Indices continued the bull run on Friday as Nifty surged above the 17,150-mark. It jumped 1.35 per cent while Sensex gained 712 points.

At 11.30 am on Wednesday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading marginally higher.  

Despite weak global indications, the Indian markets are trading in the green, driven by widespread purchasing. High selling pressure was observed in the metals sector. Today, the index declined by more than 2 per cent. However, the market was driven higher by the auto, FMCG, and bankex sectors. In today's trading session, the shares of CE Info Systems (MapmyIndia) increased by 5 per cent.

The benchmark indices chose to end the week on a positive note for the second consecutive day. Replicating global trends and reacting to declining commodity prices, the domestic market opted to maintain a positive stance.