Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Indian markets opened flat on Thursday, with Nifty index at 22,614 points and Sensex at 74,253 points. In the broader market, all the indices opened in the green with slight gains. Nifty Next 50 rose 101 points to 68,430, while Nifty Bank rose 242.75 points to 48,024. Market experts attribute the cautious optimism to the date of the election results. Despite the overall cautious sentiment, there has been a significant rebound in investor confidence, leading to small investments."We expect the markets to be positive from here. RBI's dividend to the government today will help the sentiment in India. India VIX declined yesterday, concerns are weighing on the overall valuation of Indian markets," said banking and markets expert Ajay Bagga. , especially in the small and midcap segments, where many stocks are at very high valuations," said IndusInd Bank, ONGC, Asian Paints, among others in the Nifty 50 list. Shares of SBI Life and SB were the top gainers in the early session. On the other hand, Poway Grid, Sun Pharma, JSW Steel, Hindalco and Grasim were among the top losers. At the time of filing this report, out of 2,156 shares that opened for trading, 1,418 were trading in advance, 650 in decline. Were., and 88 remained unchanged "Nifty is trending bullishly within an ascending channel, with support at 22,500 the index is likely to move towards 22,800 in the short term, with immediate support at 22,600. A fall below 22,600 will short the index. Any dip should be seen as a buying opportunity,” said M Varun Agarwal of Profit Idea Asian markets fell on Thursday, hit by US Fed minutes on persistent inflation concerns. MSCI's Asia-Pacific index outside Japan fell 0.57 percent, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.8 percent amid US tech Nvidia's first-quarter earnings posted on Thursday. Net income rose to US$14.88 billion from US$2.04 billion a year earlier, with revenue tripling to US$26.04 billion, US Fed minutes showed, prompting some officials to raise interest rates, destabilizing the market. Are interested.On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.27 percent to 5,307, the Nasdaq fell 0.18 percent to 16,801 and the Dow Jones fell 0.5 percent to 39,671.04. The US Treasury 10-year yield rose to 4.42 percent, while the dollar index hit 105.