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Sensex and Nifty are expected to open cautiously on Friday amid rising crude oil prices, fuel price hikes and mixed global signals. GIFT Nifty was trading at 23,678 in early morning trade, down 51 points or 0.22 percent, indicating a subdued start for the benchmark indices.

On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 75398.72 up by 789.74 points or by 1.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23689.6 up by 277 points or by 1.18 %.

On the global front, Asian markets declined. South Korea’s Kospi topped the 8,000 mark for the first time, buoyed by record gains in Samsung Electronics amid continued optimism over artificial intelligence. However, the index erased gains and was down 2.6 per cent.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 and mainland China’s CSI 300 fell 0.58 per cent and 0.89 per cent, respectively.

Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 settled 0.77 per cent and 0.75 per cent higher, respectively. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.88 per cent. Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – HDFC Bank Ltd. 50992358.00, Tata Steel Ltd. 34985006.00, Eternal Ltd. 29973731.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 22660293.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd. 21279151.00, On NSE, total number of shares traded was 566.61 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 143017.67 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 147534 with a total turnover of Rs. 23150.34 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1499612 with a total turnover of Rs. 93685.80 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 53841153 with a total turnover of Rs. 8337665.40 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 9425162 with a total turnover of Rs. 633535.91 Crore.

The FIIs on 14/05/2026 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 14586.99 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 356.12 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 18621.67 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 64.37 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -4034.68 Crore and Rs. 291.75