NIFTY50, SENSEX today: Wall Street cues, FII activity, key things to know before markets open on August 11

The Indian equity benchmarks are set to open lower on Tuesday, August 11, as indicated by GIFT NIFTY futures. NIFTY futures at GIFT City in Gandhinagar declined 56 points to 24,603 amid mixed cues from Asian markets.

The Indian equity benchmarks ended on a flat note on Monday as gains in Titan, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Axis Bank and Larsen & Toubro were set off by losses in State Bank of India, Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, Eternal and ITC.

The SENSEX ended 43 points higher at 78,542 and NIFTY50 index advanced 13 points to close at 24,584.

Asian markets

Most of the Asian markets were trading lower tracking a surge in crude prices. China's Shanghai Composite declined 0.12%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.6% and South Korea's KOSPI advanced 0.8%.

Wall Street update

Overnight US stocks ended lower on Monday as oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again.

S&P 500 index declined 0.06%, Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.11% and tech heavy Nasdaq index fell 0.32%.

Crude oil update

FII/DII activity

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth ₹1,974.76 crore on Monday while domestic institutional investors sold stocks worth ₹1,290.29 crore, as per NSE data.

Stocks to watch

On a sequential basis, the figure rose by 3.2%.

EBITDA for the quarter came in at ₹5,034 crore, a YoY growth of 9.1%, while EBITDA margin stood at 43.1% against 41.8% in the year-ago period.

Net loss narrowed to ₹3,754 crore as compared to ₹6,608 crore logged in Q1 FY26.

Of the 100 villages adopted for integrated development interventions, 15 will be developed as P4 Lighthouse Villages and positioned as demonstrative models of integrated rural development, said an official press release.

These models will be aligned with the vision of Swarna Andhra@2047 and provide a framework for replication across other villages in the state.

The total revenue grew by just 1.2% year-on-year to ₹635 crore, while the pre-tax profit margin expanded by nearly 2 percentage points to 27.2%, according to a statement.

It was a seasonally weak quarter with once-in-a-decade industry disruption due to ATM (automated teller machines) cash supply, the company said.

"Under the newly formed Select Service Business vertical, IHCL brings together a portfolio of 260 Ginger hotels, 40+ Tree of Life resorts, 360+ bungalows under amã Stays & Trails and 100+ Qmin outlets. This will serve as IHCL's non-linear growth engine, driving scale, innovation and profitable growth across diverse hospitality segments, said.

In the year-ago period, the non-bank lender had reported a loss of ₹92 crore.

The company's core net interest income increased by 6% quarter-on-quarter to ₹236 crore in the June quarter, driven by an expansion in the net interest margin at 11.93% from 10.29% and a flat assets under management which stood at ₹7,702 crore as of June 30.

The net profit stood at ₹125 crore in the quarter ended June 2025, the company said in a statement.

Revenues stayed flat at ₹5,024 crore in the reporting quarter against ₹5,023 crore in the same period a year ago.

Order intake YTD (year to date) stood at ₹6,303 crore across transmission and distribution, civil, renewables, cables & conductors, and transportation businesses, the company said.