Indian indices may open muted on July 28, 2025

28 Jul 2025 , 08:57 AM

Indian benchmark indices may have a negative start of the day on July 28, 2025. The GIFT Nifty was trading 20 points down earlier this morning at 24,836.50.

On July 25, Sensex and Nifty, extended their losing streak and hit their lowest levels in over a month.

The Sensex declined by 720 points to settle at 81,463. Meanwhile, the Nifty fell 1% to end at 24,837.

Nifty Oil & Gas emerged as the biggest sectoral loser, declining 2%. It was followed by Nifty Metal and PSU Bank, which fell 1.7% each. The Nifty IT slipped 1.4%, while Nifty Auto dropped 1.3%. Losses of 1% were also seen across Nifty FMCG, Private Bank, and Realty indices.

On the positive side, Nifty Pharma was the sole gainer ended 0.5% up.

Global markets:

Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Friday.

On July 28 at 7.45 AM IST, CSI 300 index was up by 13.63 points. The Nikkei 225 was down by 320.69 points. Meanwhile, the Hang Seng index was up by 211.35 points.

The U.S. stock markets put together a solid performance on the final day of the trading week.

The Dow jumped 208.01 points to finish at 44,901.92. Meanwhile, the NASDAQ gained 50.36 points to close at 21,108.32. The S&P 500 improved 25.29 points to end at 6,388.64.