Domestic equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty opened lower on Thursday, set to break their two-day winning streak as weakness across global markets weighed on sentiment. A sharp sell-off in artificial intelligence stocks, coupled with mixed US labour market data, has dampened risk appetite.

At 9:17 am, the BSE Sensex was down 285.28 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 85,347.40 after sliding nearly 296 points in early trade, while the NSE Nifty50 fell 89.75 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 26,102.40, having briefly hit a day’s low of 26,094.45. Advertisement

Among Sensex constituents, Tata Steel led the declines, slipping 1.16 per cent to Rs 170.45. Adani Ports dropped 0.84 per cent, while HCL Technologies, ICICI Bank, and Eternal fell 0.80 per cent, 0.71 per cent, and 0.62 per cent, respective

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