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Indian equity benchmarks are expected to open on a firm note today, December 31, tracking positive cues from GIFT Nifty, which was trading marginally higher around 26,129.50.

In the previous session on December 30, coinciding with the Nifty F&O expiry, the markets witnessed heightened volatility and ended marginally lower. Investor sentiment remained cautious amid thin year-end volumes, continued FII selling, and ahead of the release of the US Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes.

On Tuesday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 84675.08 down by -20.46 points or by -0.02 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25938.85 down by -3.25 points or by -0.01 %. On the global front, Asia-Pacific markets slipped on the holiday-shortened final trading day of the year. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.17 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 0.42 per cent, while China’s CSI 300 was flat. Japan and South Korea remained closed, and markets in Hong Kong and Australia shut early. US equity futures were flat in early Asian trade. Overnight, Wall Street ended lower for a third straight session, with the S&P 500 down 0.14 per cent, the Nasdaq Composite off 0.24 per cent and the Dow Jones easing 0.20 per cent, dragged by continued weakness in technology stocks, including Nvidia and Palantir Technologies. Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Eternal Ltd. 37816382.00, Bharat Electronics Ltd. 37726382.00, Tata Steel Ltd. 33741158.00, HDFC Bank Ltd. 33155849.00, ICICI Bank Ltd. 18621277.00,

On NSE, total number of shares traded was 563.19 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 141795.39 Crore. On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 260240 with a total turnover of Rs. 47275.64 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 3878121 with a total turnover of Rs. 261271.09 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 334214798 with a total turnover of Rs. 65517280.38 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 7254332 with a total turnover of Rs. 517132.68 Crore.

The FIIs on 30/12/2025 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 6585.82 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 358.73 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 9202.53 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 300.79 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -2616.71 Crore and Rs. 57.94