Companies across the value chain, especially crude oil refiners, have seen huge gains with record-high prices of crude oil. 

However, concerns about inflation, rising interest rates, and the possibility of a worldwide recession continue to remain in focus. In terms of sectoral indices on NSE, the FMCG and financial services sectors were marginally higher while metals nosedived 4 per cent, followed by Nifty IT, media, realty, banking, oil & gas stocks. 

On Thursday morning the markets opened marginally lower, owing to weaker global cues. 

Crude oil price decreased slightly and was trading at USD 120 per dollar, whereas Gold prices also increased by 3 per cent. The Nasdaq was down by 1.32 per cent at market close on Wednesday, whereas the Asian markets also mimicked the weaker sentiments and were trading 0.50 per cent lower