Sensex today | Stock Market LIVE: Sensex flat, Nifty above 24,100; Asian stocks fall as investors turn cautious over US-Iran tensions

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Indian shares opened steady on Monday after posting ‌their longest weekly winning streak of 2026, ⁠as investors weigh support from renewed US-Iran diplomacy against lingering geopolitical risks.

Nine of the 16 major sectors logged ‌gains at the open. The broader small-caps and mid-caps were flat. Other Asian markets fell 0.4%, ‌while Brent crude prices rose 0.6% on cautious sentiment following recent tensions ⁠in the Middle East.

After three weeks of successive gain, analysts expect consolidation phase to continue. However, with settlement of F&O contracts round the corner (on June 30), analysts expect the market to remain volatile.

Market participants will closely monitor Industrial Production (IIP) data, government fiscal deficit numbers, the final HSBC Manufacturing, Services and Composite PMI readings, and the latest foreign exchange reserves data for fresh insights into the health of the domestic economy.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares were down over 2% to Rs 399.35 on the NSE as against the previous close of Rs 409. The bank on Saturday said its MD and CEO Ashok Vaswani will quit upon completion of three-year tenure and will not seek re-appointment when his current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Crude oil futures traded higher on Monday morning after a series of the US and Iranian attacks in West Asia that began on Thursday. However, reports said the US and Iran have stopped attacking each other. At 9.24 am on Monday, September Brent oil futures were at $73.32, up by 0.99 per cent, and August crude oil futures on WTI (West Texas Intermediate) were at $70.07, up by 1.21 per cent. July crude oil futures were trading at ₹6628 on Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) during the initial hour of trading on Monday against the previous close of ₹6577, up by 0.78 per cent, and August futures were trading at ₹6629 against the previous close of ₹6579, up by 0.76 per cent.

Top gainers of Nifty 50: Dr Reddy’s (+3.72%), Shriram Finance (+1.81%), Eternal (+1.53%), Sun Pharma (+1.53%), Trent (+1.45%)

Top losers: Kotak Mahindra (-2.04%), Adani Enterprises (-1.31%), HCL Tech (-1.17%), Infosys (-1.03%), IndiGo (-1%)

Sensex rose by 121.87 pts or 0.16% to 77,222.34 at 9.16 am after flat opening at 77,055.21, and Nifty 50 was up 42.45 pts or 0.18% to 24,098.45.

On Thursday, Sensex settled 109.25 pts or 0.14% positive at 77,100.47, and Nifty 50 was up 34.35 pts or 0.14% to 24,056. Markets were closed on Friday on account of Muharram.

Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) and REC Limited (REC) today approved the Scheme of Merger (Scheme) for merger of REC (Transferor Company) into PFC (Transferee Company) and their respec ve shareholders and creditors, under Sec ons 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. The merger of REC into PFC shall create a financing entity with an aggregate loan book of over ₹11 lakh crore. Read the full story here