{"id":76806,"date":"2026-08-07T04:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/07\/indian-shares-edge-lower-in-cautious-trade-it-stocks-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T04:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:40:29","slug":"indian-shares-edge-lower-in-cautious-trade-it-stocks-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/07\/indian-shares-edge-lower-in-cautious-trade-it-stocks-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Shares Edge Lower In Cautious Trade; IT Stocks Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Indian shares traded lower on Friday even as IT stocks surged across the board, helping limit overall losses in the broader market. <\/p>\n<p>Rising oil prices kept investors on edge after Iran reportedly struck &#8220;hostile targets&#8221; in the Strait of Hormuz and said a deal with Oman to manage traffic through the waterway will not fully reopen the vital global trade route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">The benchmark 30-share BSE Sensex was down 235 points, or 0.3 percent, at 78,718 while the broader NSE Nifty index slipped 13 points to 24,622.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall-wrapper\">\n<p><i class=\"bi bi-lock-fill\"\/> Subscribe to continue reading the article.<\/p>\n<p>This article is available exclusively to RTT Biotech Investor and Intelligent Investor subscribers. Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Start Free Trial<\/p>\n<p>FREE 7-Day Trial &#8211; No Payment Required<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Indian Shares Edge Lower In Cautious Trade; IT Stocks Surge<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-08-07 04:40:29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian shares traded lower on Friday even as IT stocks surged across the board, helping limit overall losses in the broader market. Rising oil prices kept investors on edge after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-asian-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/76807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}