Updated on: Apr 13, 2026 9:07:32 AM IST
The National Stock Exchange building in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
India’s stock market is poised to open lower today as crude oil surged above $100 a barrel after US-Iran peace talks failed to make progress. At 8:54 am, GIFT Nifty futures were trading at 23,746.00, indicating that the benchmark Nifty 50 will open about 1.26% below Friday’s close of 24,050.60.
Both equity benchmarks — NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex —rose about 6% last week, posting their best showing in over five years as investors took comfort from a fragile US-Iran ceasefire, but negotiations between the two countries in Islamabad ended in a stalemate. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump said the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying geopolitical tensions and sending oil prices higher.
Brent crude jumped about 7% to $102 per barrel.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold Indian stocks worth $5.15 billion so far in April, after offloading a record $12.7 billion in March. While FPI outflows have intensified, inflows into equity mutual funds from domestic investors rose to an eight-month high of $4.4 billion in March, helping limit the market decline.
The Nifty and Sensex are down about 4.5% each since the start of the Iran war.
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Both equity benchmarks — NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex —rose about 6% last week, posting their best showing in over five years as investors took comfort from a fragile US-Iran ceasefire, but negotiations between the two countries in Islamabad ended in a stalemate. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump said the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying geopolitical tensions and sending oil prices higher.
Brent crude jumped about 7% to $102 per barrel.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold Indian stocks worth $5.15 billion so far in April, after offloading a record $12.7 billion in March. While FPI outflows have intensified, inflows into equity mutual funds from domestic investors rose to an eight-month high of $4.4 billion in March, helping limit the market decline.
The Nifty and Sensex are down about 4.5% each since the start of the Iran war.
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