Sensex falls 150 pts on global cues, Nifty at 9230 levels

Indian  share markets have opened the Friday on a negative note tracking Asian cues. At 10.15 am, the BSE Sensex was trading down by 80.48 points at 29,846.86 while the NSE Nifty was trading down by 27.75 points at 9234.20. The BSE Mid Cap index and BSE Small Cap index have opened the day down by over 0.1% each. 

Reliance, Adani ports Sun Pharma, Power Grid and Tata Motors were losers on BSE Sensex while Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, ONGC were the top gainers in the morning hours. 

Meanwhile, on Thursday, FPIs bought shares valued Rs 142.68 crore, while DIIs sold shares of Rs 205.64 crore, as per BSE data. 

Rupee on Thursday soared to a near twenty month highs of 64.52, opening at 64.61, down 9 paise from yesterday’s close. 

Oil prices rose above 2% on today after the U.S. launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. Brent crude futures soared to USD 56.08 per barrel. WTI crude futures also rose by over 2%, to a high of USD 52.94 a barrel before moving back to be up 1.8% at USD 52.61.