NIFTY50, SENSEX today: Wall Street cues, FII activity, key things to know before markets open on September 9

The Indian equity benchmarks are set to open lower on Wednesday, September 9, as indicated by NIFTY futures traded at Gift City in Gandhinagar. GIFT NIFTY futures fell 103 points to 23,646 despite positive cues from Asian markets.

The benchmarks dropped for a second straight session on Tuesday, September 8, as investor sentiment remained weak tracking a surge in crude prices and rising bond yield in United States.

The SENSEX closed 555 points lower at 75,577 and NIFTY50 index dropped 144 points to settle at 23,635.

Asian markets

Asian markets were trading higher powered by gains in chip makers. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.27%, China's Shanghai Composite advanced 0.34%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.3% and South Korea's KOSPI surged 2%.

Wall Street update

US stocks ended lower on Tuesday tracking a surge in crude prices and rising bond yields.

10-year Treasury rose to 4.79% from 4.78% and is near its highest level since the autumn of 2023.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.18%, S&P 500 index declined 0.58% and tech heavy Nasdaq slipped 0.32%.

FII/DII activity

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth ₹123.19 crore on Tuesday while domestic institutional investors bought stocks worth ₹1,350 crore, as per NSE data.

FIIs have so far this month sold shares worth ₹12,612 crore taking the total quantum of selling to ₹2,31,884 crore for 2026, data from NSDL showed.

Stocks to watch

The resignation followed concerns raised during an internal audit review of the board evaluation process, including the disclosure of certain material information relating to the Board Evaluation Report and the Chairperson’s performance.

The company said the board had sought an explanation from Bhatt and was still evaluating his response when he resigned. Vivek Sharma, Non-Executive Independent Director, has been designated as interim Chairperson until January 31, 2027.

This is, however, subject to members’ approval and other applicable statutory and regulatory approvals.

Raymond further said that each warrant will entitle the holder to subscribe to one fully paid-up equity share of face value ₹10 at an issue price of ₹645 per share, including a premium of ₹635 per share.

The PPA is for 25 years from the scheduled commencement date of supply. The agreement follows Adani Power assigning the rights and obligations under the Letter of Award to Powerpulse Trading Solutions. AESL said the deal will strengthen its power supply portfolio and reinforce its position in the energy solutions business.

According to a regulatory filing dated September 8, NIRL had participated in the Request for Selection (RfS) floated by SJVN Ltd for the selection of wind power developers for the supply of 600 megawatts (MW) of wind power from ISTS-connected wind power projects on a pan-India basis under the tariff-based competitive bidding.

NLC India’s arm emerged as a successful bidder for the development of the aforesaid project with a contracted capacity of 200 MW.

Accordingly, NIRL received a letter of award (LoA) from SJVN Ltd, the company further stated.

The commercial papers are "proposed to be listed on the BSE", said Avenue Supermarts in a regulatory filing.

According to the company, the papers, which will have a tenure of 90 days, were allotted on September 8, 2026, and are due to mature on December 7, 2026, the filing said.

The instrument carries a coupon of 6.40%, with the coupon and principal payable on the date of maturity, according to the disclosure.