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MSCI added Paytm, Fortis among six Indian stocks to their India Standard index, and removed Astral, CONCOR and Tata Elxsi from India Domestic index
Private companies in the US added 42,000 jobs in October, while annual pay rose 4.5 per cent
Q2 Results Today: Apollo Hospitals, Lupin, LIC among major companies to report their Q2 results
A host of global cues are set to guide market sentiment on November 6, including the latest US ADP employment data, MSCI’s India index rejig, and quarterly earnings from several major companies.
Indian stock market were on holidays the previous session on November 5 on account of Guru Nanak Jayanti. Earlier on November 4, Nifty 50 closed at 25,597.65, down 165.70 points or 0.64 per cent from its previous close. Similarly, Sensex ended the session at 83,459.15, down 519.34 points, or 0.62 per cent.
Key Stock Market Cues For Today
MSCI India Index Rejig
Global index provider MSCI has made key changes to its India indices as part of its November 2025 semi-annual review. Fortis Healthcare, One 97 Communications (Paytm), and GE Vernova T&D India have been upgraded from the India Smallcap Index to the India Standard Index, while Tata Elxsi, Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), and Astral have been moved to the Smallcap Index.
MSCI also added FSN E-Commerce Ventures, the parent company of beauty and personal care market place Nykaa, Indian Bank, and Siemens Energy India to the India Standard Index. The changes, which include six additions and three deletions, will take effect after market close on November 24, 2025.
US ADP Employment Data
Private companies added 42,000 jobs in October, while annual pay rose 4.5 per cent, according to data from payroll processor Automatic Data Processing (ADP). This is a modest improvement from September’s revised decline of 29,000 jobs.
“Private employers added jobs in October for the first time since July, but hiring was modest relative to what we reported earlier this year,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP. “Meanwhile, pay growth has been largely flat for more than a year, indicating that shifts in supply and demand are balanced,” she added.
US Stock Market
Overnight on Wall Street, benchmark indices closed higher as upbeat corporate earnings and strong US private payroll data lifted sentiment. The Dow Jones gained 0.48 per cent, the S&P 500 rose 0.37 per cent, and the Nasdaq advanced 0.65 per cent.
Asian Stock Market
Asian stock markets traded higher in early trade on November 6, mirroring overnight gains on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 1.11 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi index rose nearly 1 per cent, Hong Kong-based Hang Seng was up 1.52 per cent, and China's CSI 100 rose 1.43 per cent.
Crude Oil Price
After easing for three consecutive days, crude oil prices traded higher in early trade on November 6.
Brent Crude Oil futures rose around 0.20 per cent to quote at $63.65 per barrel, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude Oil futures traded at $59.73 per barrel, up 0.22 per cent.
Gold Price Today
Gold prices traded nearly flat in early trade on November 6.
On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold futures traded 0.05 per cent higher at Rs 1,20,584 per 10 grams, while in the international market, Comex gold futures traded 0.09 per cent up at $3,996.40 per ounce.
Q2 Results Today
Apollo Hospitals, Lupin, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), ABB India, UPL, Zydus Lifesciences, Abbott India, Amara Raja Energy & Mobility, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, Cummins India, Godrej Properties, Hexaware Technologies, Mankind Pharma, and MCX are among the major companies scheduled to announce their quarterly results for the July-September period on November 6.
