Domestic bourses are expected to start the day on a positive note, as per the trend of the SGX Nifty on Friday morning.
Today, investors will keenly await India's GDP figures for the second quarter which are scheduled to be released post market hours. Every rating agency, barring Barclays, has projected either less contraction in India's economy in the second quarter or the same as it was earlier.
Further, FMCG stocks may come under the spotlight toady after market research agency Nielsen said that India's FMCG market will contract by 1-3 per cent in the 2020 calendar year, as headwinds such as commodity inflation outweigh tailwinds.
On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 44259.74 up by 431.64 points or by 0.98 % and then NSE Nifty was at 12987 up by 128.6 points or by 1 %.
On the global front, Asian shares fell slightly on Friday, pulling back from a record high hit earlier this week, amid renewed doubts about a highly-anticipated coronavirus vaccine and concern about the economic impact from the pandemic.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.07%. Australian shares were down 0.15%. Japan's Nikkei fell 0.09%.
Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – State Bank of India 64248318.00, Tata Motors Ltd. 39094724.00, Axis Bank Ltd. 35476456.00, NTPC Ltd. 30825401.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 30469713.00,
On NSE, total number of shares traded was 25.67 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 61266.63 Crore.
On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 739279 with a total turnover of Rs. 61352.15 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1400191 with a total turnover of Rs. 106599.37 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 87052922 with a total turnover of Rs. 7001971.84 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 1096479 with a total turnover of Rs. 87575.28 Crore.
The FIIs on 26/11/2020 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 5388.11 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 513.92 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 6725.63 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 1731.83 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -1337.52 Crore and Rs. -1217.91