📊 Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Highlights

✅ GIFT Nifty Signals Strong Start
• At 7:55 AM, GIFT Nifty futures were up 🔼 97 pts at 25,073, indicating a near gap-up open for Sensex & Nifty.

🌏 Global Cues Supportive
• Asia-Pacific indices up:
– Nikkei 🔼 1.05%
– Topix 🔼 0.72%
– Kospi 🔼 0.34%
– ASX 200 🔼 0.77%

• China cuts lending rates:
– 1-year LPR trimmed to 3% (from 3.10%)
– 5-year LPR cut to 3.5% (from 3.6%)
– First rate cut since October, aiming to stimulate growth

📉 RBA Rate Decision in Focus
• Expected to slash cash rate by 25 bps to 3.85%

🇺🇸 Wall Street Ends Higher (Mon)
• S&P 500 🔼 0.09% (6th straight gain)
• Nasdaq 🔼 0.02%
• Dow 🔼 0.32%, led by 8% rally in UnitedHealth

📉 FIIs & DIIs Turn Sellers (May 19)
• FIIs net sold: ₹525.95 Cr
• DIIs net sold: ₹237.93 Cr

📈 Earnings to Watch Today
– Results from:
Power Grid, BEL, Petronet LNG, DLF
Hindalco, Max Healthcare, Solar Industries, and many more

🧵 IPO Watch
• Borana Weaves IPO (Mainline) opens today to raise ₹144.89 Cr

💰 Commodities Update
• Gold surged on Moody’s US downgrade:
– Spot gold: 🔼 0.9% to $3,229.51
– US gold futures: 🔼 1.5% to $3,233.50

• Oil edges up amid US-Iran nuclear talks delay:
– Brent 🔼 0.2% to $65.54
– WTI 🔼 0.32% to $62.69