Opening Bell: Nifty nears 17,400, Sensex trades 450 points higher post Fed meeting; financial, tech shares surge

India markets started Thursday's session in the green welcoming the Federal Reserve's decision to ease inflation as even all major Wall Street indices ended in the green in Wednesday's closing too. The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March and pave the way for three quarter-percentage-point interest rate hikes by the end of 2022 as the economy nears full employment and the US central bank copes with a surge of inflation, reported Reuters.

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Meanwhile, the Sensex and the Nifty opened at 58,243.43 and 17,373.0, respectively, as the tech and financial shares surged.  

Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, Wipro, HCL Tech, NTPC, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank surged the most, while Nestle India, Hindustan Unilever, Grasim declined the most.

In the pre-open, the Sensex started over 400 points higher as 28 shares advanced, 1 declined and one remained neutral.  

"The Indian Benchmarks started today on a strong note amid positive cues from the global markets. Market participants will take encouragement with the growth in the real GDP estimation at 8.2 percent for FY22-23 as per private report data. Indian’s exports grow 44.41 percent to $16.46 billion Y-o-Y during December 2021," said Likhita Chepa, Senior Research Analyst, Capitalvia Global Research Ltd.

Likhita  further said that there will be some cautiousness in the market as new Covid -19 variants increases inflation pressure in many countries. "Our research suggests that the levels of 17200-17000 will continue to act as support levels in the market for short period. If the market able to sustain above the level of 17300, we can expect the market to trade till the range of 17500-17600. Technical indicators also support positivity in the market.," added Likhita.  

Earlier, SGX Nifty Futures also hinted at the positive opening for the Indian markets as the index was trading 80 points higher around 9 am.