Indian shares are set to open lower on Thursday after snapping three straight sessions of gains, tracking Asian peers, while solid domestic growth data may limit losses.
NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore exchange were down 0.31% at 18,606, as of 8:02 a.m. IST.
Losses, however, may be capped as government data showed India's economic growth accelerated to 6.1% in the March quarter, expanding faster than the forecast of 5.0% by economists in a Reuters poll.
Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex have registered gains for three straight months, adding over 2% each in May, helped by strong corporate earnings results and sustained foreign inflows into equities.
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While U.S. labour department data showed persistent labour market strength, comments from two Fed policymakers indicated that they were not in favour of raising rates in June.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought ₹3,406 crore worth of Indian equities on Wednesday, while domestic investors sold ₹2,529 crore of shares on a net basis, as per provisional NSE data.
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