Stock Market Live Updates: Indian equity benchmarks opened lower as oil prices rose to $97.35 per barrel. The BSE Sensex started Thursday’s trading session at 77,319.33, lower by 243.57 points or 0.31 per cent. The NSE Nifty50 opened with a loss of 88.30 points or 0.37 per cent at 23,909.05.
The rise in oil prices comes after reports of ceasefire violations. A day earlier, oil prices cooled down to $95 per barrel over US-Iran two-week truce.