Sensex, Nifty lacklustre tracking weak global cues; IT stocks tumble
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Indian benchmark indices opened flat on Monday, as gains in financial stocks were offset by losses in IT shares, amid weak global sentiment following Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating on Friday. The BSE Sensex shed 60.79, or 0.07%, to open at 82,269.80, while the NSE Nifty advanced 3.05 points, or 0.01%, to open at 25,022.85. Among the 30-stock Sensex pack, shares of Infosys, Eternal, TCS, IndusInd Bank, HCL Technologies, and Reliance Industries were among the top losers, falling between 0.3% and 1.1%. The decline in IT stocks followed Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating to AA1 from AAA, citing elevated debt levels and interest costs "significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns." As IT firms earn a sizable portion of their revenue from the U.S., the Nifty IT index slipped 0.8%. In contrast, the broader markets outperformed, with the more domestically focused Nifty Smallcap 100...
