Stock Market Updates Today :Global signals look weak for the domestic stock market today. In today’s business, a mixed trend is being seen in major Asian markets. Earlier on Friday, American markets had closed with a huge decline. On Friday, Dow Jones Industrial fell by 306 points and closed at the level of 43444.99. There was a big fall of 428 points in NASDAQ Composite and it closed at the level of 18680.12. While the S&P 500 index fell by about 79 points and closed at the level of 5870.62.
Talking about Asia, GIFT NIFTY is showing a gain of 0.36 percent while Nikkei 225 is showing a decline of 0.78 percent. An increase of 0.05 percent is seen in Strait Times and 1.47 percent increase is seen in Hang Seng. There is a weakness of 0.68 percent in Taiwan Weighted, while there is a gain of about 2.06 percent in Kospi. Whereas Shanghai Composite is showing a rise of 1.16 percent.
Crude near $71.50
There has been a recovery in the prices of Brent crude once again. In the international market, crude is 0.56 percent stronger and is trading around $ 71.40 per barrel. While WTI crude is stronger by 0.30 percent and is near $ 67.30 per barrel. The US dollar index is near the 2-year high level of 106.70. Whereas America’s 10-year bond yield is around 4.45 percent.
FII and DII data
According to the provisional data available on NSE, on November 14, 2024, foreign portfolio investors i.e. FIIs were net sellers and they sold shares worth Rs 1849.87 crore. Whereas domestic institutional investors were net buyers during this period and they bought shares worth Rs 2481.81 crore on 14 November 2024.
Stock in F&O ban
Stocks under F&O ban on NSE today on 18 November 2024 include Aarti Industries, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, GNFC, Granules India and Hindustan Copper. According to NSE, the derivative contracts in these securities have crossed 95 per cent of the market-wide position limit and they have been placed under the ban period of the stock exchange.
