MarketBuzz Podcast With Sonia Shenoy: Sensex and Nifty50 likely to make a lower start today

Episode 940,   Aug 23, 2022, 03:35 AM

Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 are likely to start Tuesday's session in the red tracking weakness across global peers as the prospect of aggressive hikes in COVID-era interest rates made investors nervous.Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures — and early indicator of the Nifty index — fell as much as 86.5 points or half a percent to 17,403.5 ahead of the opening bell on Dalal Street. Globally, investors awaited the Fed Chairman's address at a key gathering in the annual Jackson Hole symposium for more clarity on resilience of the world's largest economy.