Opening Bell

|Sensex | Nifty open flat with | negative bias| Dish TV | Wockhardt in focus|

Among the sectors, bank, IT, metal and pharma are trading lower, while some buying seen in the energy, infra and FMCG sectors.

Market Opens: It is a flat start for the Indian indices on Thursday.

At 09:17 hrs IST, the Sensex is down 8.36 points or 0.02% at 38576.99, and the Nifty down 1.40 points or 0.01% at 11582.90. About 419 shares have advanced, 296 shares declined, and 42 shares are unchanged. 

IOC, Wipro, BPCL, HPCL, Tata Motors, HUL, Indiabulls Housing, Asian Paints, Yes Bank, Hero Motocorp are among major gainers on the indices, while losers are Sun Pharma, Vedanta, Zee Ent, Infosys, Adani Ports, Cipla, Hindalco and Axis Bank.

Among the sectors, bank, IT, metal and pharma are trading lower, while some buying seen in the energy, infra and FMCG sectors.

Rupee Opens: The Indian rupee opened lower by paise at 69. 21 per dollar on Thursday against Wednesday's close 69.11.

Market at pre-open: Benchmark indices are trading higher in the pre-opening with Nifty around 11,600 level.

At 09:04 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 89.11 points or 0.23% at 38674.46, and the Nifty up 25.60 points or 0.22% at 11609.90.

Sun Pharma, Zee entertainment, Vedanta, Tata Steel, Hindalco, Maruti Suzuki are trading lower, while Indiabulls Real Estate, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, Dish TV are trading higher.

Crude Update: Oil prices fell on Thursday after US crude stockpiles surged to their highest levels in almost 17 months amid record production.

Buzzing: Share price of Wockhardt added 3.5 percent in the early trade on Thursday after it received USFDA approval for cancer drug.

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