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The benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices are likely to open on a flat-to-positive note on April 30 as trends in the GIFT Nifty indicate a muted start for the broader index with a gain of 15 points.

The market bounced back sharply as it erased all the losses from the previous session, with the Nifty closing above 22,600 amid buying across the sectors, barring realty.
futures were down $1.19, or 1.4 percent, at $82.66 a barrel.

FII and DII data

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net bought Rs 169.09 crore shares, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) pumped in Rs 692.05 crore on April 29, provisional data from the NSE showed.

Stocks under F&O ban on NSE

The NSE has added Biocon to the F&O ban list for April 30, while retaining Vodafone Idea to the said list.


At close, the Sensex was up 941.12 points or 1.28 percent at 74,671.28, and the Nifty was up 223.45 points or 1 percent at 22,643.40.

The pivot point calculator indicates that the Nifty 50 is expected to face resistance at the 22,662 level, followed by 22,713 and 22,794 points. On the lower side, the index may take immediate support at the 22,499 level, followed by 22,448 and 22,366 points.