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Supported by hawkish Federal Reserve remarks, gold prices for June futures contracts on MCX opened unchanged at Rs 72,575 per 10 grams, marking a decrease of Rs 471 or 0.64%. Gold stabilized following its largest decline of the month, influenced by Federal Reserve comments indicating a prolonged period of higher US interest rates to counter inflation.

Despite the pre-election rally that has propelled the stock market to a historic market capitalization of $5 trillion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that both the BJP and the stock market will achieve fresh record highs on June 4, coinciding with the announcement of Lok Sabha election results.

The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 4159.5 and low of Rs 2655.1.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.56 per cent down at 19015.55.

​ A significant uptick in futures open interest signifies a substantial growth in the number of active, unexpired futures contracts in a specific security.

Finance Minister aims to reduce fiscal deficit from 5.8% to 4.5% in two years, relying on non-revenue RBI transfer. This strategy facilitates reaching 5.1% deficit this year. Challenges remain in sustaining revenue deficit reductions alongside fiscal targets. Aiyar says it is not very clear at this point what has resulted in this rise in the RBI dividend. Once we have greater clarity on that, we will be able to find out what are the consequences for different parts of the economy.

A total of 7,731 shares changed hands on the counter till 11:10AM (IST)