Nifty  

Among stocks, oil processing and marketing firms suffered the most as the United States blamed Iran for the weekend attack on Saudi Arabia's crude oil facilities.

The 30-share index had risen 223 points, and was trading 164.05 points, or 0.45%, higher at 36,808.47, while the broader NIFTY rose 44.15 points, or 0.41%, to 10,892.05 at 9:30am on Friday

The Sensex sunk by over 300 points in early trade on Friday (August 16) tracking losses in auto, IT, metal and banking stocks. NIFTY too fell 67.45 points or 0.61% to 10,961.95 in morning trade
 

Traders said that easing inflation numbers, released after market hours on Tuesday, too helped the recovery in the domestic market sentiment as the broader NIFTY also gained 35.30 points and the BSE Sensex rebounded by near 300 points in early trade on Wednesday.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's declaration on Tuesday that GST for most goods will be brought in the sub-18% slab, good news keeps pouring in, as RBI governor Shatikanta Das is now working on enhancing liquidity even as the rupee climbed an impressive 110 p against the US dollar on December 18

Japan's Nikkei, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, Shanghai Composite Index, Korea's KOSPI, Paris CSCV 40, Frankfurt's DAX, London's FTSE, US Dow Jones Industrial Average — are all down, but the India's Sensex, Nifty etc are constantly rallying

Here's why the market is happy about the appointment as RBI governor of Shaktikanta Das, who has had a record of pushing government interest in the parleys with the central bank

At 10.15 AM the 30-share BSE Sensex traded 189.74 points or 0.56% lower at 33,500.35, and while the wider NSE Nifty was down 69.85 points or 0.69% at 10,055.05