Stock market today: Nifty50 opens above 25,550; BSE Sensex up over 200 points – The Times of India

Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Monday. While Nifty50 was above 25,550, BSE Sensex was up over 200 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,567.90, up 76 points or 0.30%. BSE Sensex was at 83,426.94, up 211 points or 0.25%.For the week ahead, market experts expect range-bound movement influenced by mixed global factors, while potential positive corporate earnings and developments in India-US trade discussions could provide support.Dr. VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited says, “The dominant trend in global trade this year has been the AI trade, which has pushed up AI stock valuations to elevated valuations, though not yet in bubble territory. The strong earnings growth in the US has been a fundamental support to this AI trade. Countries regarded as AI winners like China, South Korea and Taiwan also have benefited from this AI rally. Now, there are signs of this AI trade losing steam as evidenced by the 3 % decline in Nasdaq last week. This is a healthy trend. If this trend persists without high volatility, that would make the US market healthy, preempting a bubble formation and its eventual burst. Investors have to watch how this trend plays out.”“This emerging trend, it persists, would be particularly favourable for the Indian market which didn’t participate in the AI trade. FIIs, particularly the hedge funds, who have been consistently selling in India and taking money out for playing the AI trade, are now likely to pause and slowly reverse the AI trade in favour for non-AI trade in countries like India. Fortunately, the earnings growth currently happening in India and expected to gather momentum, going forward, can provide the fundamental support for a rally. Watch out for the leading names in banking and finance, telecom, capital goods, defence and automobiles.”Friday saw Nasdaq close slightly lower, marking its sharpest weekly fall since early April, as investors expressed concerns about sustainability of recent gains in artificial intelligence shares. US Treasury yields showed marginal decline.Asian trading witnessed a surge in US stock-index futures, as expectations grew for a resolution to the prolonged US government shutdown.Foreign portfolio investors conducted net sales of shares valued at Rs 4,581 crore on Thursday. In contrast, domestic institutional investors were net purchasers, investing Rs 6,675 crore.(Disclaimer: Recommendations and views on the stock market, other asset classes or personal finance management tips given by experts are their own. These opinions do not represent the views of The Times of India)