Stock Market Updates: Sensex Trades Flat, Nifty Below 26,350; India VIX Up 7%, IT Shares Bleed | Markets News

Sensex Today

Sensex Today: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty50 opened on a mixed note on Wednesday, even as global cues remained positive.

The BSE Sensex slipped 121.96 points to open at 85,640.05, while the Nifty50 inched up 5.15 points to begin the session at 26,333.70.

BEL, SBI and Reliance Industries led the gains on the BSE, while HCLTech, Infosys and Tech Mahindra were among the top laggards.

On the NSE, ONGC, Coal India and BEL were the key gainers, whereas HCLTech, Infosys and Wipro dragged the index lower.

Broader markets showed a mixed trend, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 edging up 0.19 per cent, while the Nifty Midcap 100 slipped 0.55 per cent.

Among sectors, Nifty PSU Bank topped the charts with a 1.3 per cent gain, followed by the Media index, which rose 1.08 per cent. In contrast, Nifty IT emerged as the worst performer, declining 0.75 per cent.

Indian rupee opened flat on Monday vs Friday’s close at 90.20/$

Investors moved to buy precious metals on Monday as geopolitical tensions between the US and Venezuela affected sentiment. MCX Gold futures rose 1 per cent, while MCX Silver climbed nearly 3 per cent on Jan 5 in early trade.

Global Cues

On the global data front, investors await the Bank of England’s consumer credit data and mortgage lending data from the UK, as well as ISM manufacturing and employment data from the US.

Markets in Asia-Pacific opened the first full trading week of 2026 on a stronger footing after the US announced it had attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.26 per cent in its first trading session of the year, while South Korea’s Kospi index climbed 2.19 per cent to a record high of 4,420.92. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading flat.

Earlier, on Friday, January 2, Wall Street ended the session on a mixed note. The broader S&P 500 rose 0.19 per cent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.66 per cent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.03 per cent.

Oil prices edged higher on Monday. Brent crude was trading up 0.25 per cent at $60.90 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was trading higher by 0.10 per cent at $57.38 per barrel.