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GIFT Nifty futures signalled a muted start for Indian benchmark equity indices on Thursday amid mixed global cues
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GIFT Nifty futures signalled a muted start for Indian benchmark equity indices on Thursday amid mixed global cues. As of 6:46 am, GIFT Nifty futures were down 42.80 points at 26,192.50, pointing to a weak opening for the markets.
Market sentiment is also expected to be shaped by the weekly expiry of Sensex futures.
On the macro front, investors are awaiting key data releases, including initial jobless claims and trade figures from the US, along with unemployment and producer price index (PPI) data from the Euro Area.
Global Cues
Across global markets, Asia-Pacific indices traded mixed on Thursday after Wall Street ended lower overnight, weighed down by rising geopolitical tensions and comments from US President Donald Trump. He said he “will not permit” defence companies to pay dividends or undertake share buybacks until concerns around executive compensation and production issues are addressed.
In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.46 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi advanced 0.12 per cent, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.21 per cent.
Meanwhile, US equity futures were largely flat during early Asian trading hours.
Overnight in the US, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped their three-day winning streak, falling 0.3 per cent and 0.6 per cent, respectively. The Nasdaq Composite bucked the trend, edging up nearly 0.2 per cent, supported by a 2.4 per cent jump in Google parent Alphabet, which briefly surpassed Apple in market capitalisation for the first time since 2019.
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January 08, 2026, 09:08 IST
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