The stock market opened in the green on Thursday, February 13, 2025, as healthcare and pharmaceutical stocks rose. This comes just before the new Income Tax Bill is tabled in Parliament by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a gap-up start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,195 level, a premium of nearly 87 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

The Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty surged in the first half of Thursday driven by India's better-than-expected inflation data, which sparked optimism for a potential rate cut by the RBI. However,