The BSE’s Sensex fell 0.34 per cent, or 281 points, to open at 80,262.98. The broader Nifty slipped 0.45 per cent, or 110 points, to start the session at 24,464.2.

Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in red on Thursday as US President Donald Trump’s move to double tariffs on India to 50% weighed on sentiment.

Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex are likely to open in the red on Thursday, August 7, following the imposition of a steep 50 per cent total tariff on Indian imports by former U.S. President Donald Trump.