Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session higher. Nifty 50 closed at 25,415.80, while Sensex ended at 83,184.80. Overnight, Wall Street indices witnessed gains, with S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing at record high levels.

Nifty and Sensex surged at market open on Friday, driven by a global market rally following the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. Sectoral indices like Nifty Metal led gains. International markets also responded positively,

Nifty, Sensex opened strong on Friday following a global market surge after the US Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates.

All sectoral indices ended in positive territory, with metals and autos leading the gains. ICICI Bank recorded its largest single-day gain since April, rising more than 4%.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex are trailing only Wall Street's Nasdaq and S&P 500 as top-performing indexes this year, with analysts expecting the rally to extend into 2025.

Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open higher on Friday tracking positive cues from global peers.The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index.

The Indian equity benchmarks created new record highs on Friday boosted by strong trend in US markets overnight. The Sensex rose as much as 975 points to hit new record high of 84,159.90 and Nifty 50 index touched an all-time high of 25,

The two key equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, on Friday are trading in the green, led by overnight gains in the US stock markets, amid positive cues from Asian markets. At 10.05 am, the BSE Sensex rose 520 points to 83,