Here’s a concise summary of today’s stock market updates:

📈 Sensex Today: Markets Open Higher Friday

Indian benchmark indices opened higher today, Friday, boosted by gains in ITC and IT stocks. However, further gains might be capped by worries about foreign fund flows and a weakening U.S. fiscal outlook.

📊 Sectoral Performance: IT & FMCG Up, Pharma & Healthcare Down

In sectoral trends, the Nifty IT and FMCG indices each rose by nearly 1%. Conversely, Pharma and Healthcare indices saw declines of 0.9% and 0.7% respectively. In the broader market, both the Nifty Midcap100 and Smallcap100 indices edged up by 0.3%.