📉 Market Opening Update:

• Both Sensex and Nifty opened in the red, tracking weak global cues.
• Nifty fell over 170 points, slipping below the 25,000 mark again.
• Sensex plunged over 600 points, breaching the 82,000 level.

🔺 Stock & Sector Highlights:

• 🚢 Defence & shipbuilding stocks surged sharply.
• 💻 IT stocks under pressure — Nifty IT down over 1%.
• 🌿 Kerala Ayurveda shares zoomed 18% in early trade.

🌍 Global & Geopolitical Factors:

• ⚠️ Rising geopolitical tensions in West Asia — U.S. joins Israel in attacks on Iran.
• 🌐 Global equities impacted, but damage not as severe as feared.
• 📉 GIFT Nifty trades with cuts, signaling a weak start.

💡 Other Market Cues:

• 🛢️ Brent Crude hit $81/barrel briefly but failed to hold gains.
• 🛢️ Oil prices & Iran retaliation fears weigh on investor sentiment.
• 🗣️ Hardeep Singh Puri assures India’s oil supply is secure with diversified sourcing.

🔍 What to Watch Today:

• 🛡️ Defence stocks remain in focus amid sector momentum.
• 🛢️ Oil & energy stocks likely to stay in the spotlight.
• 💼 IT companies under lens, especially after Accenture’s 7% drop post-results.