At the opening bell around 9:15 AM, the benchmark Nifty 50 was trading comfortably at 23,675, marking a gain of 127 points or 0.54%. Simultaneously, the BSE Sensex surged by 423 points, or 0.57%, to reclaim the 75,198 threshold. Easing immediate market anxiety, the India VIX—the stock market's primary fear gauge—cooled off by more than 3% to settle at 15.67, indicating stabilizing investor sentiment despite persistent geopolitical friction in West Asia.
