Nifty opens in red as Wall Street tech rout spills over; IT stocks under pressure

Benchmark indices opened lower on Friday, November 6, 2026, as a sharp overnight sell-off on Wall Street dragged Asian markets into a broad risk-off session. The Nifty 50 opened at 24,538.20 and slipped to 24,484.95, down 51.65 points or 0.21 per cent, from its previous close of 24,536.60. The Sensex, which had closed at 79,310.01, opened at 79,413.66 and was trading at 79,349.62, up a marginal 39.61 points or 0.05 per cent at 9.18 am, reflecting mixed early trade. The gap-down start was widely anticipated after Gift Nifty signalled an opening around 24,415, down approximately 184 points. The previous session…