Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide D-Street action on Monday

Indian benchmark indices surged on Friday with the Sensex rising over 964 points to close at 78,151 and the Nifty 50 gaining around 262 points to end at 24,334, led by large-cap IT and banking stocks even as midcap and smallcap indices slipped up to 0.4 percent. Analysts attributed the shift to domestic institutional investors rotating from expensive mid- and small-caps into attractively valued large caps, supported by optimism around Q1 earnings expectations and healthy H2FY27 consumer demand. Technically, the Nifty has support at 24,200 and could advance toward 24,800 in the near term, though weakness in US markets and ongoing geopolitical tensions kept global sentiment cautious.