The Indian stock market opened flat on Friday, driven by buying in the IT sector after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported strong Q3 results. TCS shares surged 3.7% to ₹4,186 in early trade. The IT sector was trading with a gain of more than two per cent.
At around 9.34 am, Sensex was trading at 77,442.68 after dropping 177.53 points or 0.23 per cent, while Nifty was trading at 23,458 after declining 68.50 points or 0.29 per cent.
On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), 656 stocks were trading in green, while 1,477 stocks were in red.
Nifty Bank was down 67.95 points or 0.14 per cent at 49,435.55. Nifty Midcap 100 index was trading at 55,472.90 after dropping 273 points or 0.49 per cent. Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 18,016.85 after declining 101.50 points or 0.56 per cent.
According to market experts, since the results season has started, the market will witness lots of stock-specific action in response to the results.
In the Sensex pack, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HCL Tech, Tata Motors, Nestle India and Bajaj Finance were the top gainers. Whereas, Indusind Bank, Zomato, NTPC, SBI, Power Grid, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tata Steel, Axis Bank, Titan and Asian Paints were the top losers.
The Dow Jones climbed 0.25 per cent to close at 42,635.20. The S&P 500 gained 0.16 per cent to 5,918.30 and the Nasdaq declined 0.06 per cent to close at 19,478.88 in the last trading session on Wednesday.
In the Asian markets, Jakarta and Seoul were trading in green. Hong Kong, China, Bangkok and Japan were trading in red. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought equities worth Rs 7,639.63 crore on January 9.