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Daily Market Update
04-Mar-20261 min readvipin kumar

Oil climbs past $75 as Iran tensions deepen, US weighs tanker escort plan- Daily Market Update 4th March 2026

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Oil prices continued their sharp rally as escalating conflict in the Middle East and mounting disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz pushed traders to reassess supply risks.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate climbed above $75 a barrel, extending a two-day surge of about 11% — the biggest gain in four years. Brent crude settled near $81 a barrel, reflecting growing concerns that the conflict could disrupt global energy flows.

Overview and Outlook

Global Stock Market Today

  • US equity markets ended lower in range 0.4% to 1%.
  • European equity markets also settled lower in range 2.82% to 3.56%.
  • Asian equity markets are trading lower.
  • GIFT Nifty is trading down by 500 points, Nifty futures likely to open around 24350 levels.

 

News highlights from across the globe

  • A selloff in stocks and bonds was trimmed as assurances on American action to secure shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war pared what had been an over 9% surge in oil.
  • Asian equities fell for a third straight session, while oil prices inched higher, as the escalating conflict in Iran stoked fears of broader inflationary pressure and led traders to scale back expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts.
  •  Brent crude hovered near $81 as geopolitical risks remained firmly in focus.

 

Important news updates from the domestic front

  • LIC: The company extends the tenure of its Chief Financial Officer, Sunil Agarwal, by one year.
  • MAS Financial Services: The company receives RBI approval to commence factoring business operations.
  • Adani Ports: In its February business update, total handled cargo volume rose 16% YoY to 42.5 MMT, while logistics rail volume grew 3% to 52,101 TEUs.
  • Cupid fixes March 9 as the record date for the allotment of bonus equity shares.
  • SBI: Deputy MD Nitin Chugh has been relieved from services following the completion of his contract.
  • RailTel Corpwill meet on March 9 to consider a dividend proposal for the current financial year.
  • UltraTech Cement will meet on April 27 to consider Q4 results; meanwhile, the company will acquire a 26% stake in AMPIN C&I Power Forty Four for Rs 15 crore.
  • Power Grid– SEBI grants the company the regulatory relaxation it had requested regarding specific compliance norms.
  • IOL Chemicals completes capacity enhancements for Ethyl Acetate (to 1.2 lakh MTPA) and Acetic Anhydride (to 32,000 MTPA) with a total capex of Rs 9.7 crore.
  • Dabur will acquire a minority stake in luxury skincare D2C brand RAS Beauty for Rs 60 crore.
  • Cipla incorporates a new arm, Cipla Middle East, and forms a 60:40 JV with Kemwell Biopharma to manufacture biologics globally.
  • Jubilant Foodworks plans to appeal to the Allahabad High Court following an adverse I-T Appellate Tribunal order regarding the FY16 assessment.

 

Nifty Overview & Outlook

The benchmark Nifty index shed 313 points to settle at 24866 spot levels after a highly volatile trading session amid state of war in the Middle East.

The broader markets underperformed the benchmark as Mid and Small cap fell 1.58% & 1.75% respectively.

The majority of sectoral indices, tracked at NSE, ended in deep red. Amongst them, Auto, Consumer Durables and Oil & Gas were the worst performers, down over 2% each followed by Media and PSU banks index that fell close to 2% each.

Gift Nifty is indicating another round of big gap down opening following knee jerk reaction in global equity markets amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Volatility is expected to remain on the higher side. Technically, sustained trading below 24600 spot levels might drag indices towards 24300-24000 spot levels in the near term.

 

Derivatives Overview & Outlook

On Monday, all index futures moved southward on short buildup as Nifty, Banknifty, Finnifty and Midcapnifty futures added 5.9%, 8.7%, 42.6% and 3.4% of of open interest respectively.

Majority of the sectoral indices ended lower on short buildup along with some long unwinding, barring Metal stocks that witnessed some long buildup.

On the option front, call writing was seen at multiple strike implying multiple resistances at higher side. Maximum positions are at 26000 CE followed by 25500 CE and 24000 PE followed by 23500 PE. Options data for current week expiry is negative but oversold, indicating sell on rise trading approch for intraday.

 

Institutional Trading Activity

Last Monday, FIIs sold stocks worth Rs 3296 Cr in the cash segment, sold index futures worth Rs 3315 Cr and bought stocks futures worth Rs 521 Cr. DIIs were net buyers in the cash segment to the tune of Rs 8594 Cr.

 

Nifty Futures, Banknifty Futures and Finnifty Futures Key Levels

Nifty – Resistances 25150-25400; Supports 24750-24600

Banknifty – Resistances 60600-61000; Supports 59750-59300

Finnifty – Resistances 27800-28000; Supports 24500- 24400

 

F&O stocks in ban today – SAMMAANCAP

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