The Sensex and Nifty indices are looking to start on a tepid note on Friday amid weak global cues.

The crucial US jobs report due later today will remain on investors' radar and may sway global market mood next week. In another significant development, the Sebi on Thursday cancelled the recognition certificate granted to Brickwork Ratings India for “repeated lapses” and irregularities in “discharging its duties”.

The Sebi directed the agency to wind down its operations within six months and intimate its clients about the same. Among stocks, shares of CARE ratings, ICRA and CRISIL will be in focus today.

On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 58222.1 up by 156.63 points or by 0.27 % and then NSE Nifty was at 17331.8 up by 57.5 points or by 0.33 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 58578.76 and intraday low of 58173.7 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 17428.8 and intraday low of 17315.65

On the global front, Overnight in the US, the Dow fell 1.15 per cent. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost 1.02 per cent and 0.68 per cent, respectively.

In Asia too, Nikkei and Hang Seng dropped 0.5 and 0.8 per cent, respectively, this morning. The S&P/ASX 200 and Kospi inched lower by up to 0.6 per cent. Mainland China markets are closed for a holiday this week.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – Tata Steel Ltd. 48169310.00, ITC Ltd. 22235092.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 15519559.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 14570735.00, Coal India Ltd. 12795784.00, On NSE, total number of shares traded was 23.38 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 56017.68 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 353595 with a total turnover of Rs. 32605.17 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 780477 with a total turnover of Rs. 55446.07 Crore. Total numbers of contracts for index options were 284205827 with a total turnover of Rs. 26727188.24 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 2364575 with a total turnover of Rs. 175486.18 Crore.

The FIIs on 06/10/2022 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 7210.75 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 115.96 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 5274.67 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 501.29 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. 1936.08 Crore and Rs. -385.33