Sensex Today | Share Market Live Updates: Indices may see weak start as GIFT Nifty flat, Asia down; RBI policy in focus

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Zomato, Maruti Suzuki, SpiceJet, IDFC First Bank, among others, will be in focus in today's trade.Balrampur Chini Mills, National Aluminium Company, Delta Corp, Indiabulls Housing Finance, India Cements, SAIL and Zee Entertainment Enterprises are in the F&O ban list for 8 December.GIFT Nifty futures were largely flat, with a gain of 3 points at 21,084, indicating a flat start for Indian indices.India's benchmark indices ended lower on Thursday, snapping seven sessions of gains amid weak cues from global peers.At close, Nifty was down 37 points at 20,901.15, the Sensex fell 132 points to 69,521.69.Asian stocks fell early Friday, shrugging off a rally on Wall Street, as traders ratchet up bets the Bank of Japan is nearing the end of its negative interest rate policy.Japanese shares slipped for a second day, while the yen rose more than 1% amid thin liquidity. Australian shares also fell while contracts for mainland China pointed to losses.

Korean shares gained after the Nasdaq 100 index rallied amid renewed optimism on AI.Overnight, Wall Street rose to snap its first three-day losing streak since Halloween.The S&P 500 climbed 36.25 points, or 0.8%, to 4,585.59. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 62.95, or 0.2%, to 36,117.38, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 193.28, or 1.4%, to 14,339.99.Big Tech stocks helped power the market higher, led by a 5.3% leap for Google's parent company, Alphabet.

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