Indian benchmarks are expected to start the day on a negative note on Friday. Indian shares are seen opening lower on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump's latest comments on Iran reignited geopolitical supply and inflation concerns.

Overseas, Asian stocks climbed as investors eased back into technology shares amid fading concerns that a leadership crisis at Nvidia Corp. may derail the broader artificial-intelligence trade.

In the commodities market, Crude oil prices have soared on Thursday as concerns of supply disruptions returned to the markets after U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. is no longer interested in any deal with Iran.

On Thursday, the 30-share benchmark index ended at 81911.01 up by 31.61 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25299.35 up by 44.3 points or by 0.18 %.

On the global front, Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 settled 0.36 per cent and 0.35 per cent higher, respectively. The Nasdaq Composite ended 0.39 per cent higher.

Back home, Top traded Volumes on NSE Nifty – HDFC Bank Ltd. 38292509.00, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. 27158499.00, State Bank of India 26973410.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. 24520547.00, Tata Steel Ltd. 21108363.00.

On NSE, total number of shares traded was 497.60 Crore and total turnover stood at Rs. 131910.28 Crore.

On NSE Future and Options, total number of contracts traded in index futures was 104072 with a total turnover of Rs. 17835.93 Crore. Along with this total number of contracts traded in stock futures were 1144548 with a total turnover of Rs. 79333.32 Crore.

Total numbers of contracts for index options were 54175457 with a total turnover of Rs. 8991963.09 Crore. and total numbers of contracts for stock options were 8960453 with a total turnover of Rs. 643211.07 Crore.

The FIIs on 12/11/2026 stood as net buyer in equity and debt. Gross equity purchased stood at Rs. 32902.51 Crore and gross debt purchased stood at Rs. 717.30 Crore, while the gross equity sold stood at Rs. 18208.79 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs. 271.65 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity and debt reported were Rs. 14693.72 Crore and Rs. 445.65.