Sensex rises 100 pts, Nifty above 24,250

Sensex Today Nifty 50 Stock Market LIVE Updates Opening Bell: Sensex rises 100 pts, Nifty above 24, 250; Tata Steel, TechM top gainers21 Aug 2026 09: 20: 41 AM IST.

Key points

• Sensex Today Nifty 50 Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex gains over 150 pts in pre-opening session, Nifty above 24, 250.
• Sensex Today Nifty 50 Stock Market Live Updates: Domestic equities rebounded on Thursday, with the Nifty rising 0.6%.
• GIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded higher by 53 points, or 0.22 per cent, at 24, 350, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a positive start on Friday.
• Opening Bell: Sensex rises 100 pts, Nifty above 24, 250; Tata Steel, TechM top gainers.
• Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates Stocks in news: BPCL, HAL, RailTel, Saatvik Green Energy and Samvardhana Motherson.

As buying emerged throughout sectors, sensex Today Nifty 50 Stock Market Live Updates: Indian equity benchmarks snapped a seven-session losing streak on Thursday, August 20, with the NSE Nifty50 rising 153.55 points, or 0.64%, to close at 24, 231.85.

Sensex Today Nifty 50 Stock Market Live Updates: Domestic equities rebounded on Thursday, with the Nifty rising 0.6%. Analysts expect Indian markets to remain range-bound with a mild recovery bias, backed by value buying after seven consecutive sessions of losses and firm global cues. Broader market trends and sector-specific opportunities are probable to remain key areas of focus.

Sensex Today Nifty 50 Stock Market LIVE Updates Opening Bell: Sensex turns negative.

Forex Updates Indian rupee opens little changed at 95.6575 per U.S. Dollar versus previous close at 95.7050.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: Bond yields are the 'Elephant in the Room' stock investors are ignoring.

Professional investors appear largely unfazed by rising global bond yields threatening the stock market rally, judging by how they continue to deploy capital.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: Can Augmont Enterprises IPO deliver long-term expansion for high-risk investors?

Augmont Enterprises, an integrated gold and silver platform, intends to raise ₹620 crore through a fresh problem of shares to fund working capital needs. The firm will additionally raise ₹205 crore through an offer for sale (OFS). After the IPO, the promoter group's stake is anticipated to decline to 81.9% from 92.7%.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sebi eases FPI onboarding with digital power of attorney.

Notably, the capital-markets regulator on Thursday allowed foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to execute power of attorney documents using digital signatures, a move aimed at reducing delays and simplifying the onboarding process for overseas investors.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: HDFC Bank raises record $1.75 billion in overseas bond sale.

HDFC Bank has raised a total of $1.75 billion through a twin-tranche bond sale to overseas investors, marking the largest debt capital markets fundraise by an Indian financial institution. The bank is raising dollars aggressively to backing its foreign currency non-resident (bank) (FCNR-B) deposit mobilisation.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: FPIs turn bullish on financials, autos and IT in first half of August.

Overseas investors remained net buyers throughout sectors in the first half of August, marking their fourth straight fortnight of inflows and the strongest two-week buying streak since early February, according to NSDL data.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: Oil set for second weekly gain as US-Iran war disrupts supply.

As the prolonged US-Iran conflict continued to disrupt supplies from the key Middle East producing region, keeping market worries over availability elevated, oil rates were little changed on Friday but remained on track for a second straight weekly rise.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: Dollar heads for weekly loss as treasury buyback plan raises reservations.

As investors saw the US Treasury's bond buyback move as a temporary fix and grew wary of what they viewed as an increasingly interventionist policy approach, the dollar remained under pressure on Friday and was on track for a weekly decline.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates: Gold poised for third straight weekly gain as dollar weakens.

Gold rates held steady on Friday and remained on course for a third consecutive weekly advance, backed by a softer dollar and efforts by the US Treasury Department to keep longer-term yields in check.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates Global Market Today: Asian stocks follow Wall Street lower, dollar slips.

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street's decline, with MSCI's Asia Pacific equities index slipping 0.2%. While Walmart suffered its steepest drop since 2022 after disappointing sales, the S&P 500 fell 0.9% in the previous session. The Nasdaq 100 declined 0.7%, extending its losing streak to five sessions.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates GIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive start.

Shares of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Hindustan Aeronautics, RailTel Corporation of India, Saatvik Green Energy, Samvardhana Motherson International and a number of other businesses are probable to remain in focus on Friday after key corporate developments.

Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Indian stock market staged a solid rebound on Thursday, with the Sensex and Nifty closing sharply higher to snap a seven-session losing streak. Easing US bond yields, short-covering and improved investor sentiment supported drive the recovery. Sensex Today Stock Market LIVE Updates Sensex, Nifty on Thursday.

Domestic equities rebounded on Thursday, with the Nifty rising 0.6% after seven consecutive sessions of losses. Analysts expect the market to remain range-bound with a mild recovery bias, backed by value buying at lower levels and firm global cues. Broader market trends and sector-specific opportunities are probable to remain in focus.

Taken together, the developments around sensex rises 100 pts, Nifty above 24, 250 point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.