Stock market today, April 8 -- The Gift Nifty Live Chart is showing a positive start for the Indian stock market today. By 8:28 AM, the Gift Nifty was trading around 23,800 level, a premium of 659 points from the Nifty futures' previous close of 23,151.10.

The domestic benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, climbed on Tuesday, April 7, fueled by an upswing in technology shares in anticipation of quarterly earnings reports, while concerns about the escalating conflict in the Middle East ahead of US President Donald Trump's deadline for Iran to engage in talks kept investors uneasy.

Market participants are looking forward to the Reserve Bank of India's policy announcement set for Wednesday, April 8, marking its first update since the sta...