Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open on a firm note on May 15, taking cues from GIFT Nifty, which was trading around 24,757 earlier this morning.

On May 14, the Indian stock market ended marginally higher after a volatile session, failing to sustain its initial gains. Banking stocks remained under pressure, while IT, media, metal, and realty sectors provided support at lower levels.

Going forward, market sentiment is likely to be influenced by factors such as Q4 earnings reports, global market trends, and trading activity by foreign institutional investors. Investors will also keep an eye on a speech by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later in the day.

On Wednesday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 81330.56 up by 182.34 points or by 0.22 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24666.9 up by 88.55 points or by 0.36 %.

On the global front, stocks in Asia fell on Thursday for the first time in five sessions as the rally on Wall Street sparked by US-China trade talks showed signs of exhaustion.

The S&P 500 closed slightly higher after flitting between gains and losses during Wednesday's lackluster session as investors waited for the next batch of economic data after a robust start to the week spurred by soft inflation data and a US-China tariff truce.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 89.37 points, or 0.21%, to 42,051.06 and its biggest losers were drug companies Merck & Co, down 4%, and Amgen, which finished down 3%.

The S&P 500 gained 6.03 points, or 0.10%, to 5,892.58. This added slightly to its year-to-date gain after closing higher for the year on Tuesday for the first time since February 28. The benchmark is still about 4% below its Feb. 19 record closing high, for its sixth straight day of gains.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Tata Steel Ltd. 60002060.00, Bharat Electronics Ltd. 43684324.00, Tata Motors Ltd. 31505402.00, Eternal Ltd. 23158211.00, NTPC Ltd. 22485535.00,

On NSE, total number of shares traded was 376.32 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 115868.99 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 155472 with a total turnover of Rs. 27627.61 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1514818 with a total turnover of Rs. 92252.34 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 126639054 with a total turnover of Rs. 23337093.94 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 7243583 with a total turnover of Rs. 470485.82 Crore.

The FIIs on 14/05/2025 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 17669.11 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 271.68 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 17504.81 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 1686.45 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. 164.30 Crore and Rs. -1414.77