Benchmark indices remained under pressure throughout the session, with soaring US bond yields coupled with a sharp spike in international crude oil prices above $104 a barrel pushing the Nifty to a fresh 52-week low. Intense FII selling in domestic equities and expectations of further RBI rate hikes also weighed on investor sentiment, as concerns over higher interest rates and their impact on long-term growth prospects continued to build. Analysts say the index has given a breakdown below the long term trendline joining last two years high and also closed below the 200 weeks EMA placed at 22,379. Hence any pullback will face stiff resistance at 22,400-22,600 levels.

STATE OF THE MARKETS

GIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive start

GIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded higher by 101.5 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 22,356.5, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a positive start on Friday.

Tech View: Everything looks bleak, and this sentiment might remain the same for a few more days. The RSI remains in a bearish crossover and has stayed in the oversold zone. On the lower end, support is placed at 22180, below which the index might extend its losses towards 22000. On the higher end, resistance is placed at 22350.

India VIX: India VIX, which is a measure of the fear in the markets, rose 10% to settle at 15.28 levels.

Asian stocks declined in holiday-thinned trading as speculation about OpenAI’s revenue revived concerns over the artificial-intelligence spending boom, weighing on US technology shares. Oil fell.

S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% as of 9:51 a.m. Tokyo time

Hang Seng futures rose 0.1%

Japan’s Topix fell 0.2%

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3%

Euro Stoxx 50 futures rose 0.4%

US stocks dipped on Thursday as crude prices surged on a spike in Middle East tensions and a cut in US output that stoked inflation and rate-hike fears, while semiconductor stocks slumped.

Of the major US stock indexes, the Nasdaq closed with the steepest percentage loss, two days after the tech-heavy index reached a record closing high. The S&P 500's loss was more modest, while the blue-chip Dow eked out a nominal gain.

Gold prices inched up on Friday, as market participants assessed persistent inflation concerns and the trajectory of Federal Reserve interest rates.

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Stocks in F&O ban today

3) LIC

Securities in the ban period under the F&O segment include companies in which the security has crossed 95% of the market-wide position limit.

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Foreign portfolio investors net sold shares worth Rs 12,943 crore on Thursday. DIIs, meanwhile, were net buyers at Rs 10,703 crore.

The rupee depreciated by 13 paise to close at 96.88 against the US dollar on Thursday, on risk aversion in global markets amid escalation of geopolitical tensions.

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