Indian benchmarks are expected to start the day on a positive note on Thursday, as most global cues remained positive. The futures were quoted at 25,245, up 31 points.

Overseas, Most Asia-Pacific markets were trading higher in early trade on Thursday, mirroring overnight moves on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei 225 and South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.72 per cent and 0.67 per cent, respectively. Meanwhile, the Hang Seng fell 1.27 per cent.

On Wednesday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 81879.4 up by 772.75 points or by 0.95 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25255.05 up by 210.4 points or by 0.84 %.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – HDFC Bank Ltd. 56398940.00, Tata Steel Ltd. 33811414.00, ICICI Bank Ltd. 29190011.00, Eternal Ltd. 28257951.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 26359073.00.

On BSE, total number of shares traded was 0 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 0.00 Crore. On NSE, total number of shares traded was 575.57 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 155348.23 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 172145 with a total turnover of Rs. 29380.41 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1383347 with a total turnover of Rs. 95466.30 Crore.

Total numbers of contracts for index options were 68668644 with a total turnover of Rs. 11431577.13 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 11154432 with a total turnover of Rs. 794763.04 Crore.

The FIIs on 11/11/2026 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 20711.14 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 350.80 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 13751.79 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 55.51 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. 6959.35 Crore and Rs. 295.29.