Indian equity markets are expected to open on a cautious-to-positive note, with GIFT Nifty indicating a muted start for the benchmark Nifty50 index. GIFT Nifty was trading at 23,534.50, up 27 points, ahead of the market opening.

Investor focus remains firmly on the outcome of the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. The RBI is widely expected to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%. Market participants will closely track RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra's commentary for insights on the inflation outlook, economic growth trajectory, and the central bank's future policy stance.

On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 74360.01 up by 13.84 points or by 0.02 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23416.55 up by 10.95 points or by 0.05 %.

On the global front, Asia-Pacific markets declined on Friday morning, with South Korea’s Kospi sliding 6 per cent. Japan’s Nikkei 225 and the CSI 300 were trading 1.82 per cent and 0.23 per cent down, respectively.

Overnight, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average settled 1.73 per cent and 0.41 per cent higher, respectively. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.09 per cent.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – HDFC Bank Ltd. 42673538.00, Wipro Ltd. 40659957.00, Eternal Ltd. 36690161.00, Reliance Industries Ltd. 23474327.00, ITC Ltd. 22017634.00,

On NSE, total number of shares traded was 604.77 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 128983.62 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 103408 with a total turnover of Rs. 16134.45 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 937030 with a total turnover of Rs. 61153.17 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 53274790 with a total turnover of Rs. 8176191.01 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 4254255 with a total turnover of Rs. 290549.43 Crore.

The FIIs on 04/06/2026 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 17670.87 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 559.19 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 22737.25 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 536.51 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. -5066.38 Crore and Rs. 22.68