On January 8, strong backing from Reliance Industries prevented major indices from significant declines. Oil and gas stocks surged due to rising crude prices, while support from the IT sector and ITC share rebounds helped the indices recover to end the session flat.

The Sensex and Nifty ended nearly flat on Tuesday, recovering in the last hour of trade after a volatile session. While heavyweights like Reliance and IT stocks lent support, the broader market underperformed,

Indian markets ended lower on Wednesday, with Sensex down by 50 points and Nifty slipping 21 points. The decline follows global market trends, influenced by strong U.S. economic data and Fed rate expectations.

Zomato Ltd led the Sensex fall, declining 2.42 per cent to Rs 246.40. The BSE m-cap declined3.33 lakh crore to Rs 4,38,41,831 crore against Rs 4,41,75,150 crore on Tuesday.

Despite the shocks of the HMPV virus dulling, the Indian stock market continued to trade volatile this week, with Sensex and Nifty falling by nearly a per cent on.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a tepid start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,770 level, a discount of nearly 25 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty witnessed a sharp decline of 1.6% on Monday, driven by a broad-based selloff. Investor sentiment was dampened by concerns over slow third-quarter earnings growth and a continued outflow of foreign capital,