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New Delhi: Monday 09 February 2026 was a bright day for the stock market as the Sensex traded around 84000 up by about 400 points while the Nifty is also up by more than 100 points trading at 25850. Metal banking and IT shares have also seen gains today. How are global markets doing? Japans Nikkei index rose 4.73% to 56820 and South Koreas Kospi index was up 4.44% at 5314. Hong Kongs Hang Seng rose 1.78% to 27033 and Chinas Shanghai Composite was up 0.25% at 4114. On February 6th the US Dow Jones closed 2.47% higher at 50115. The Nasdaq closed 2.18% higher and the S&P 500 closed up 1.97%. The role of foreign institutional investors Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth Rs 1950 crore on February 6th. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) however sold shares worth Rs 1265 crore. In December 2025 FIIs sold a total of Rs 34350 crore worth of shares. During this period DIIs who were supporting the market bought shares worth Rs 79620 crore. Aptus Finance IPO opens today The IPO of Gurugram-based non-banking finance company (NBFC) Aptus Finance opened today February 9. Investors can bid until February 11th. The company aims to raise Rs 1010 crore through this issue. Last week the stock market saw gains. On February 6 the Sensex closed 266 points higher at 83580 while the Nifty closed 50 points higher at 25693. The minimum investment of Rs 14964 is required. Nippon Life and Goldman Sachs largest investors Before the official opening of the IPO the company raised Rs 454.5 crore through anchor investors on February 6. The company allotted 3.52 crore shares to 19 anchor investors at the upper price band. Nippon Life and Goldman Sachs are the largest investors. Several large global and domestic names showed interest in the companys anchor book. The largest investors were Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs Funds. Both companies bought shares worth Rs 74 crore each. Besides these global investors like Bay Pond Societe Generale BNP Paribas and Ashok India Equity Investment Trust also participated.