Sensex, Nifty pare opening gains amid FII selling pressure

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Benchmark banal indices Sensex and Nifty pared opening gains to commercialized little successful the aboriginal league connected Friday (January 23, 2026) amid sustained selling by overseas organization investors.

The 30-share BSE Sensex opened higher astatine 82,335.94 and aboriginal deed a precocious of 82,516.27. However, profit-taking by investors dragged the barometer into the red. The scale was down 22.13 points oregon 0.03% astatine 82,285.24 astatine 10:00 hrs.

The broader NSE Nifty was marginally down by 2.95 oregon 0.01% astatine 25,286.95. The scale moved betwixt 25,347.95 and a debased of 25,249.10 successful the aboriginal session.

Among the 30 Sensex firms, Eternal, IndiGo, Adani Ports, Power Grid, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Larsen & Toubro, Titan, State Bank of India, and Reliance Industries were the laggards.

Asian Paints, Tata Consultancy Services, Hindustan Unilever, UltraTech Cement, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Bajaj Finance, NTPC and Mahindra & Mahindra were the gainers.

In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi index, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai's SSE Composite index, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale were trading higher. U.S. equities closed higher successful overnight deals connected Thursday (January 22, 2026).

Foreign organization investors offloaded equities worthy ₹2,549.80 crore connected Thursday (January 22, 2026), portion Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worthy ₹4,222.98 crore, according to speech data.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, roseate 0.80 per cent to $64.57 per barrel.

On Thursday (January 22, 2026), the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 397.74 points to adjacent astatine 82,307.37, portion the broader NSE Nifty roseate 132.40 points to settee astatine 25,289.90.

Published - January 23, 2026 10:53 americium IST

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