BSE Banks, financials, FMCG, and IT sector stocks have declined in early morning trade. The Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 1740.71 crore; while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchase was seen of Rs 2091.07 crore in the Indian equity market on March 24. Brent crude is still trading at USD 119.4 per barrel. The Rupee has appreciated this morning by 0.18 per cent and trade at 76.20 

Banks, financials and consumer durable shares declined while metal, IT, pharma and oil & gas stocks advanced. The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market volatility went down by 3.30 per cent to 23.93 levels.  

The volatile commodity price is a concern to a market that is also dealing with record global inflation and the impact of an ongoing war in Ukraine. Buyers outnumbered sellers on the BSE, 1695 shares rose and 1,551 shares fell. A total of 136 shares were unchanged. Metal shares advanced for the sixth day in a row. The FII bought shares worth Rs 481.33 crore and the DII sold shares worth Rs 294.23 crore on March 23. 

The Nifty Auto fell over 1 per cent and is also the worst sectoral performer in today’s trade. Among other sectors, Nifty Financial Services slipped by falling 0.88 per cent, however, Nifty Metal and Nifty Pharma surged as much as 1.21 per cent and 0.42 per cent, respectively. 

The domestic equities saw a fall by a pulldown in auto and capital goods stocks. Besides, healthcare, utilities, and power sector stocks contributed to the gains extensively. Buyers outnumbered sellers as on the BSE, 1682 shares rose and 1600 shares fell. A total of 126 shares were unchanged.  

BSE consumer durables and Realty sectors are up by 1.19 per cent and 1.52 per cent, respectively. Meanwhile, the BSE FMCG sector is only red down by 0.11 per cent. The investors monitored oil prices which have reduced and continued to assess Wall Street which recovered on Tuesday. The Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 384.48 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchase was seen of Rs 602.05 crore in the Indian equity market on March 22. 

The domestic bourses surged gradually among strong buying seen in IT and automobile stocks giving rising as much as 1.96 per cent and 1.19 per cent, respectively. The Nifty FMCG and Nifty Consumer Durables slumped by 0.73 per cent and 0.71 per cent, respectively. Meanwhile, crude oil trading above USD 110 per barrel due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. On the international front, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hinted at a rate hike of 50 basis points. 

The brent and crude oil prices surge as supply risk mounts from the Russia-Ukraine war. RBI is going to execute a three-day meeting to discuss various factors before declaring the monetary policy next month. The Wall Street stocks declined as fed chairmen said “inflation is much too high” and pledged to take “necessary steps” to bring prices under control. Foreign investors (FII) sold shares worth Rs 2,962.12 crore and Domestic Investors (DII) bought shares of Rs 252.91 crore on March 21. 

Top losing sectors today were auto, banks, capital goods, FMCG, oil & gas, and power, while buying was seen in metal and smallcap indices. European stocks advanced while Asian markets mostly ended higher. Global markets continue to be mixed by events in Ukraine as the war continues. Ukraine's President Zelenskyy warned at the weekend that if peace talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin fail, it would mean the start of a third global war. 

Indian markets saw a decline after two winning sessions. The Metal and Healthcare index soared, gaining 2.55 and 1.23 per cent, respectively. While the Power and Utilities index fell nearly 1 per cent each. The Foreign investor (FII) were net buyers of Rs 2800.14 crore and Domestic Investors (DII) sold shares of Rs 678.54 crore on March 17. According to the latest data from the RBI, the country’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 9.646 billion to USD 622.275 billion in the week ended March 11.