The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 25,530 level, a premium of nearly 40 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session higher. Nifty 50 closed at 25,415.80, while Sensex ended at 83,184.80. Overnight, Wall Street indices witnessed gains, with S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing at record high levels.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex are trailing only Wall Street's Nasdaq and S&P 500 as top-performing indexes this year, with analysts expecting the rally to extend into 2025.

Stock Market LIVE Updates | On Thursday, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty reached new all-time highs, following positive global trends after the US Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut in over four years.

All sectoral indices ended in positive territory, with metals and autos leading the gains. ICICI Bank recorded its largest single-day gain since April, rising more than 4%.

Indian markets reacted cautiously to the US Federal Reserve's rate cut, with profit booking leading to modest gains. The Nifty 50 and Sensex hit record highs before retreating, impacted by losses in key sectors,

Stock Market LIVE Updates | Sensex and Nifty hit a record high on Thursday, driven by gains in information technology stocks, following the U.S. Federal Reserve decision to initiate its monetary easing cycle with a substantial 50-basis-point rate cut.

At opening bell, the BSE Sensex was at 83,389, up 441 points, or 0.53 per cent, while the Nifty 50 was at 25,542, up 165 points, or 0.65 per cent higher. All the constituent stocks of the BSE Sensex,