(Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here!) Meanwhile, crude oil prices extended decline, lending support to the local currency. Brent eased 0.02% to $81.40 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.75% to $76.52 a barrel.
On the domestic front, the Indian benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat in the pre-opening session. On Thursday, the Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net bought Indian shares worth ₹255.53 crore, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) net purchased shares to the tune of ₹457.39 crore, as per provisional data available on the exchanges.
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