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After facing a sharp decline in the previous session, Dalal Street is expected to open on a subdued note today, as indicated by GIFT Nifty. Investor sentiment remains under pressure due to ongoing global trade uncertainties, persistent foreign institutional investor (FII) selling, and a lackluster Q4 earnings season.

The market will respond to earnings announced by companies such as United Spirits, Torrent Pharma, and Whirlpool. Additionally, investors will be closely watching the upcoming results from a host of companies, including Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, InterGlobe Aviation, Power Finance Corporation, Mankind Pharma, NTPC Green Energy, Rail Vikas Nigam, Colgate-Palmolive (India), Oil India, IndusInd Bank, UNO Minda among others.

On Tuesday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 81186.44 down by -872.98 points or by -1.06 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24683.9 down by -261.55 points or by -1.05 %.

On the global front, Asia-Pacific markets traded higher on Wednesday, even as Wall Street's six-day winning streak came to an end.

The Nikkei was trading flat, while the broader Topix index rose 0.27 per cent. The Kospi gained 1.14 per cent, and ASX 200 was up 0.6 per cent.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 0.39 per cent, the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.38 per cent, and the Dow dropped 0.27 per cent. The retreat was led by a pullback in tech stocks, which had been at the forefront of the recent rally. The tech sector fell 0.5 per cent, with Nvidia slipping 0.9 per cent, and declines seen in AMD, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft. Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Bharat Electronics Ltd. 67088831.00, Tata Steel Ltd. 58061639.00, Eternal Ltd. 45891392.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 21339095.00, Coal India Ltd. 18755291.00, On NSE, total number of shares traded was 430.37 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 116850.89 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 199383 with a total turnover of Rs. 35937.02 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1621889 with a total turnover of Rs. 102889.98 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 68516532 with a total turnover of Rs. 12711195.84 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 8773490 with a total turnover of Rs. 580198.20 Crore.

The FIIs on 20/05/2025 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 13411.05 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 228.04 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 12473.22 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 759.67 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. 937.83 Crore and Rs. -531.63