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Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open on a strong note on March 21, taking cues from GIFT Nifty, which was trading around 23,226 earlier this morning. The performance of Indian stock markets will likely be influenced by global market trends, particularly amid concerns over US trade tariffs. Additionally, investors will closely monitor developments in the upcoming India-US bilateral trade agreement negotiations set to begin next week, as well as the trading behavior of foreign institutional investors (FIIs).

On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 76348.06 up by 899.01 points or by 1.19 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23190.65 up by 283.05 points or by 1.24 %.

On the global front, Asian equities traded in tight ranges Friday as investors await the outcome of Donald Trump’s next trade war salvo, after a busy week of central bank meetings further frayed nerves.

US stocks closed slightly lower on Thursday after veering between gains and losses as investors gauged the latest round of economic data and the Federal Reserve's policy statement against tariff concerns.

Selling pressure has intensified in recent weeks after a string of economic indicators signaled the economy and consumer sentiment may be cooling as the Trump administration imposes reciprocal trade tariffs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 11.31 points, or 0.03%, to 41,953.32, the S&P 500 lost 12.40 points, or 0.22%, to 5,662.89 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 59.16 points, or 0.33%, to 17,691.63.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Tata Steel Ltd. 39889517.00, Bharat Electronics Ltd. 27889890.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 18955995.00, Wipro Ltd. 17038774.00, ITC Ltd. 16994037.00, On NSE, total number of shares traded was 364.90 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 104175.74 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 199806 with a total turnover of Rs. 33020.76 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1932686 with a total turnover of Rs. 113485.22 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 256955582 with a total turnover of Rs. 44196655.89 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 10137671 with a total turnover of Rs. 626099.28 Crore.

The FIIs on 20/03/2025 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 15826.61 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 4324.41 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 16857.97 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 1272.88 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -1031.36 Crore and Rs. 3051.53