NIFTY50, SENSEX today: Wall Street cues, FII activity, key things to know before markets open on August 13

The Indian equity benchmarks are set to open lower on Thursday, August 13, as indicated by GIFT NIFTY futures. NIFTY futures at GIFT City in Gandhinagar fell 43 points to 24,427 despite positive cues from Asian markets.

The Indian benchmark indices closed in the red for the second consecutive session on Wednesday, August 12, amid a sell-off in information technology (IT) and Tata Group stocks.

Investor sentiment was impacted by elevated global crude oil prices, amid uncertainty regarding the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz, following doubts over a potential US-Iran peace deal and attacks on two ships.

The SENSEX tumbled as much as 0.84% to hit an intraday low of 77,497.93. Meanwhile, the NIFTY50 dropped as much as 0.84% to touch the session’s low of 24,265.95.

Asian markets

Asian markets were trading higher as United States retail inflation data came on expected lines and dampened hopes of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve going ahead.

Japan's Nikkei surged 1.75%, China's Shanghai Composite advanced 0.45%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.11% and South Korea's KOSPI advanced 3.9%.

Wall Street update

US markets closed mixed on Wednesday after a July inflation report came in on expected lines.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average settled flat with negative bias at 53,770.27, down 0.04%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.26% to end at 7,748.50. The NASDAQ Composite advanced 0.54% to 26,588.49.

Shares of CoreWeave Inc surged 19.28% to $107.73, while Super Micro Computer climbed 19.02% to $37.61. Dell and Micron Technology saw an uptick of 9.87% and 4.92%, respectively.

IBM shares descended 1.02% to $235.98 and Nike fell 1.96% to $40.51. The stock of Microsoft Corp also slid 2.26% to $492.43.

Crude oil update

Brent crude futures were trading lower but close to $90 per barrel mark as US and Iran exchanged opposing views on reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Brent crude futures fell 1.5% to $87.64 per barrel.

FII/DII activity

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth ₹1,002.50 crore on Wednesday while domestic institutional investors bought stocks worth ₹5,841.66 crore, as per NSE data.

Stocks to watch

**Tata Motors CV: Tata Motors posted an 8% growth in its standalone net profit for the first quarter of the financial year 2026-27 (Q1 FY27) to ₹1,528 crore compared to ₹1,411 crore recorded in the year-ago period.

The company's revenue from operations jumped 23% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis to ₹19,329 crore in the April to June quarter as against ₹15,682 crore seen in Q1 FY26.

The auto major’s operating profit, also known as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA), surged 9.5% to ₹2,176 crore as against ₹1,987 crore in the corresponding period last year.

Its EBITDA margin, however, contracted to 11.26% annually in contrast to 12.67% in the year-ago period.

In the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, the company had logged a profit of ₹60 crore, according to a regulatory filing.

The technology eyewear firm’s revenue from core operations advanced 43% YoY to ₹2,714 crore in the period under review, compared with ₹1,894 crore in the first quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year (Q1 FY26).

At an operational level, its EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation), also known as operating profit, stood at ₹589 crore in the June FY27 quarter, marking a 61.37% YoY increase from ₹365 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal year.

CP Plus had posted profit after tax of around ₹33 crore in the same period a year ago.

The revenue from operations of the company grew by about 90% to ₹1,402.4 crore during the reported quarter from ₹740 crore a year ago.

The telco withdrew five prepaid plans – ₹299, ₹319, ₹579, ₹619 and ₹649 – leaving subscribers of the popular ₹299 plan with pricier options to choose from.

Its revenue from operations was up 24.65% to ₹2,500.96 crore during the June quarter compared to ₹2,006.32 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, according to a regulatory filing from Arvind Ltd.

The company had posted a consolidated net profit of ₹441 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal, Apollo Hospitals said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations in the first quarter stood at ₹7,043.5 crore as against ₹5,842.1 crore in the year-ago period, it added.