Indian Stock Market Opens Flat with Gains in Media and Financial Sectors
The Indian stock market opened flat, with notable gains in media and financial sectors amid positive global cues.
Mumbai, November 12 (Daily Kiran) : The Indian stock market had a flat opening on Thursday, November 12, 2026. At 9:16 AM, the Sensex rose by 126 points, or 0.15%, reaching 82,003, while the Nifty climbed 31 points, or 0.13%, to settle at 25,286.
In early trading, there was stronger buying interest in mid-cap and small-cap stocks compared to large-cap shares. The Nifty Midcap 100 index increased by 295 points, or 0.48%, to 61,821, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index saw a rise of 209 points, or 1.08%, reaching 19,699.05.
Among the gainers were the Nifty Media, Nifty Financial Services, Nifty India Defense, Nifty Realty, Nifty Private Bank, Nifty Consumer Durables, and Nifty PSU Bank indices. Conversely, the Nifty Healthcare, Nifty Pharma, Nifty IT, Nifty Auto, Nifty Consumption, Nifty Infra, and Nifty Oil and Infra indices faced losses.
Within the Sensex pack, stocks such as Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, Adani Ports, Eternal, Axis Bank, BEL, Titan, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tata Steel, and Trent were among the gainers. Meanwhile, losses were reported for HUL, M&M, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel, L&T, TCS, HCL Tech, and Maruti Suzuki.
Asian markets were trading positively, with Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul, and Jakarta all showing gains, while only Hong Kong was in the red. The U.S. stock markets closed higher on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones gaining 0.49% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rising by 1.60%.
Experts noted that the Nifty’s impressive rise of 9.55% over seven trading sessions in November has been largely driven by aggressive buying from foreign institutional investors (FIIs). So far this month, FIIs have invested ₹65,735 crore in Indian equities. This trend is expected to continue, potentially pushing the market to an all-time high. Support for this upward movement is also anticipated from strong earnings growth reported in the second quarter and a decrease in crude oil prices, with Brent crude hovering around $92. However, profit booking by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) may pose a challenge to this bullish momentum.
