Stock market live updates: A pedestrian stands in front of a stock quote board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average outside a brokerage firm in Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2026.
Stock Market Live Updates: Indian stock markets are expected to remain range-bound next week as investors navigate a complex mix of domestic policy support and difficult global signals. Investors’ fears increased after US and Asian stocks declined. While recent measures by the Reserve Bank of India to attract foreign capital and government tax holiday for foreign investors in government securities have improved sentiment, concerns over rising crude oil prices, ongoing conflict in West Asia, foreign institutional investor (FII) inflows and advancing monsoon continue to make market participants cautious.
RBI effect
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% for the third consecutive policy meeting. Along with the policy decision, the central bank announced several measures aimed at boosting foreign capital inflows and supporting the rupee, including easing investment norms for non-resident Indians and other institutional investors, incentivizing FCNR(B) deposits and facilitating forex inflows.
The government also exempted foreign portfolio investors from taxes on interest income and capital gains arising from investments in government securities. These steps are expected to improve the attractiveness of Indian financial markets and enhance investor confidence.
Signs
Despite supportive local measures, global signals turned negative at the start of the new week. The GIFT Nifty index fell 356 points, or 1.52%, to 23,091 overnight after stronger-than-expected US jobs data sparked a sharp sell-off on Wall Street and pushed US bond yields sharply higher.
The decline indicates a weak start for Indian stocks on Monday.
The decline comes after the Sensex ended Friday’s session down 117 points at 74,243, while the Nifty 50 index fell by 50 points to close at 23,366.70. The sharp decline in the GIFT Nifty suggests that global concerns are likely to outweigh domestic optimism at least at the opening bell.
Global signals
Asian stocks fell on Monday after concerns about investments in big technology companies and the growing prospect of interest rate hikes pushed US stocks to their worst day since October.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell by 4.2% to 63,804.77 points. The Japanese government revised the annual economic growth rate for the first quarter of this year to 1.8%, down from the previous estimate of 2.1%.
Oil prices rose after Israel launched air strikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to the missile launches. Iranian state television reported explosions in Isfahan, Tabriz and Tehran, without immediately going into details.
Brent crude, the international standard, jumped $3.50 to $96.59 a barrel. Standard US crude rose $3.48 to $94.02 a barrel.
In other stock trading, South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 6.8% to 7,605.42 points, as Samsung Electronics, the country’s largest company, fell 7%. SK Hynix shares fell by 3.3%.
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June 08, 2026 at 8:47:18 am
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Sensex and Nifty Today Live Updates: Indian markets brace for weak start
Sensex and Nifty Today Live Updates: GIFT Nifty futures at 23,138 indicate a gap down opening of around 1% for Nifty 50, tracking steep losses across Asian markets amid rising geopolitical tensions and rising oil prices.
June 08, 2026 at 8:34:21 AM
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Stock Market Live Updates: Sensex, Nifty Recap
The combined market value of seven of the 10 largest companies by value has eroded $1.25 lakh crore last week, with Reliance Industries taking the biggest hit, in line with the downward trend in the stock.
Last week, the stock market index Sensex fell by 532.4 points, or 0.71 per cent, and the NSE Nifty fell by 181.05 points, or 0.76 per cent.
June 08, 2026 at 8:31:37 am
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Stock Market Live Updates: Korean markets hit a low circle, trading halted
LIVE STOCK MARKET UPDATES: South Korean stocks fell, putting the world’s biggest rally at risk, as investors pulled back from artificial intelligence bets that fueled a bull market in global stocks.
The KOSPI fell by more than 8%, triggering a 20-minute trading halt on the stock exchange shortly after the market opened. Memory maker Samsung Electronics shares fell by as much as 11%, while its counterpart SK Hynix shares fell by 10%.
