The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a negative start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,137 level, a discount of nearly 60 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

Indian equity benchmarks, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened in the red zone on Thursday. The BSE Sensex was trading below 76,300, while Nifty50 hovered near 23,100. At 10 am, the Sensex rose by 200.73 points,

The stock market opened in the red as trading began on Thursday, January 23, with FMCG, PSU bank, and energy stocks falling the most. At 9:20am, the benchmark BSE Sensex was down by 139.03 points or 0.