Market Pre-opening; Sensex, Nifty likely to open weak; GIFT Nifty futures down 95 pts

Stock Market, NSE Nifty 50, BSE Sensex, Global Markets; US Stocks, Asian Stocks: Headline indices Sensex and Nifty will likely start today's (October 8) session on a weak note. Last GIFT Nifty futures at around 8:05 am traded lower by 0.38 per cent or 94.05 points at 24,891.5.

Asian markets mainly traded on a subdued note barring the China's Shanghai Composite. The shares soared to 2-yeat high today as trading resumed after a week-long holiday.

Global Markets Update
Here's how the major global indices fared:

Nasdaq ended  over 1 per cent lower in Monday's session 

Dow Jones declined 0.94 per cent

S&P 500 also fell around 1 per cent

Japan's Nikkei, meanwhile, traded with a cut of over 1 per cent.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng witnessed a sharp cut of nearly 7 per cent.

Previous session summary

In the previous session amid relentless FII selling and heightening geopolitical tensions, Indian equities ended lower for the sixth straight day with the Nifty ending below 24,800 levels.

Crude oil price 

Oil prices also rose as tensions in the Middle East remain high. Brent crude last traded above $79 per bbl levels.