The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a gap-down start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,365 level, a discount of nearly 190 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record eighth consecutive Budget today. The budget - government's first full-year budget in the third term - is expected to further help India achieve its goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.

The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 740.76 points or 0.97 per cent to close at 77,500.57. The NSE Nifty opened in the green and surged 258.90 points or 1.11 per cent to end at 23,508.40.​​

Sensex and Nifty 50 closed flat after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech, with high volatility. Sensex rose 5.39 points to 77,505.96, while Nifty fell 26.25 points to 23,482.15. Key sectors like FMCG and Realty saw gains,