MarketBuzz Podcast With Sonia Shenoy: Sensex, Nifty50 likely to make a gap-down opening; SGX Nifty futures tumble 200 points

Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 are likely to make a gap-down opening on Friday tracking losses across other Asian markets amid worries about a new COVID variant. At 8:55 am, Nifty futures trading on Singapore Exchange -- an early indicator of the Nifty index -- were down 209.5 points or 1.2 percent at 17,368.