At noon on Friday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading marginally higher compared to the last trading session, owing to the positive cues from the Asian Pacific markets, as the fear of recession persists.  

 At 12.30 pm on Wednesday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading lower as the global economies all over the world are fighting inflation and trying to subdue the inevitable recession

The major equity indices are trading with significant losses in the early trade due to selling pressure in the index pivotal.

At noon on Tuesday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading higher by a per cent each. Sensex was at 52,380.30, up by 782.36 points or 1.52 per cent while Nifty 50 was at 15,588.05, up by 237.90 points or 1.55 per cent.    

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. 

  At market close on Tuesday the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 ended on a slightly ,lower side after opening in the green in the morning session.

At 11.30 am on Friday, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading lower by more than a per cent each as the global indices fell sharply due to various reasons as listed below. 

At 2.30 pm on Wednesday, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading on the lower side as the markets reacted to the rate hike by RBI.  

At noon on Tuesday, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading on the lower side as the markets globally fear that the onset of a recession is very near.  

 Reserve Bank of Australia hiked its interest rates by 50 basis points (half a percentage) in a surprise move, which was a bolder move than was expected by the economists.  

Around noon today, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading on the lower side as the US markets ended lower by more than a per cent on Friday.