A-One Steels bucked the weak-market mood with a strong debut: shares listed at ₹455 on the NSE, a 12.35% premium to the ₹405 issue price. A bright opening print, though not a signal that the broader market had turned.
Crude below $100 a barrel offered some relief to sentiment even as foreign fund outflows kept pressure on the benchmarks. That cushion mattered, but it did not stop the early decline.
