NIFTY50, SENSEX today: Wall Street cues, FII activity, key things to know before markets open on November 27

The Indian equity markets are set to break record highs on Thursday, November 27, as indicated by GIFT NIFTY futures. NIFTY futures at GIFT City in Ahmedabad rose 53 points to 26,435 amid positive cues from Asian markets.

The Indian equity benchmarks posted their best day in over five months on Wednesday, November 26, mirroring gains in global markets on rising expectations of rate cut by the United States Federal Reserve in December. The SENSEX surged as much as 1,057 points and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday high of 26,215 on the back of a broad-based buying interest.

The SENSEX climbed 1,022.50 points or 1.21% to close at 85,609.51 and NIFTY50 index advanced 320.50 points or 1.24% to settle at 25,205.30. Last time the SENSEX and NIFTY surged over 1.2% was on June 20, 2025, data from stock exchanges showed.

Asian markets

Asian shares extended their winning streak on Thursday fuelled by rising expectations of a rate cut by the United States Federal Reserve.

Japan's Nikkei rose 1.24%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 0.35%, South Korea's KOSPI jumped 1.14% and China's Shanghai Composite jumped 0.66%.

Wall Street update

US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as expectations of Fed rate cut in December fuelled buying interest ahead of Thanksgiving break.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.67%, S&P500 climbed 0.69% and tech heavy Nasdaq advanced 0.82%.

FII/DII activity

Foreign institutional investors bought shares worth ₹4,778 crore on Wednesday while domestic institutional investors bought shares worth ₹6,248 crore, data from the National Stock Exchange showed.

The FIIs have so far this month sold shares worth ₹8,282 crore and for the calendar year they have been net sellers to the tune of ₹1,48,192 crore, according to the data from National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).

Stocks to watch

The lender said it engaged with over 3.65 lakh farmers across the country as part of the 'Baroda Kisan Pakhwada', according to a statement.

Engineers India on Wednesday announced that it has bagged a contract to be the project management consultant for the Dangote Group's refinery expansion in Nigeria.

Capacity in Dangote's Lekki refinery producing Euro-V quality gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and polypropylene is getting expanded to 1.4 million barrels per day from the current 650,000 barrels per day, as per a statement.

Indian Continent Investment Ltd (ICIL) is one of the promoter entities in city-based Bharti Airtel.

According to a regulatory filing, "The transaction attracted strong interest, receiving robust orders from marquee domestic and international long-only investors. Both new and existing shareholders of Airtel participated, with the placements majorly allocated to long-only investors".

According to the bulk deal data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), ICIL offloaded a total of 3.43 crore shares, representing a 0.56 per cent stake in the City-based Bharti Airtel.

"We are delighted to bring our signature hospitality to this breathtaking destination. Storii Akanni Naina Tikkar is thoughtfully planned to reflect the serenity of the mountains and the cultural warmth of the region, offering experiences that are deeply personal, sensorial, and rooted in the soil," ITC Hotels Managing Director Anil Chadha said in a statement.

The filing read, "The Reserve Bank of India ('RBI') on November 26, 2025, has granted a Certificate of Authorisation ('COA') to Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of One 97 Communications Limited ('the Company'), to operate as a Payment Aggregator under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007."

It must be noted that this is the final approval from the RBI.

In August 2025, Paytm Payments Services received the 'in-principle' approval from the RBI to operate as an online payment aggregator.

The company reported a consolidated net profit of ₹20.6 crore in the quarter under review, reflecting a jump of 17.9% from ₹17.5 crore a year back.

Revenue from operations climbed 6.5% to ₹154.4 crore in the latest September quarter as against ₹145 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.

More specifically, Berger Paints Emirates Ltd Co, UAE, is a step-down subsidiary of Asian Paints International Private Limited, Singapore, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asian Paints.

The proposed paint manufacturing facility will have an initial capacity of 55,800 kilo litre (KL) per annum, the company said in a regulatory filing on November 25.