*Market Movers & Shakers FTD:* * 👉 *Sensex was up by 443.79 points @ 81442.04(🔼0.55%) and NIFTY 50 was up by 130.70 points @ 24750.90(🔼0.53%)** 👉 *Some of the factors leading to a rise in the markets are:* 1️⃣ *Rate Cut Optimism:* The RBI is widely expected to announce its third straight repo rate cut at the MPC meeting on Friday 2️⃣ *Firm Asian & European Markets:* Asian equities ended higher with Kospi and Hang Seng indices adding a percentage each, while European shares were trading positive tracking ECB's policy decision 3️⃣ *FII Buying:* FIIs returned as net buyers on Wednesday, pumping in Rs 1,076.18 crore into Indian equities 4️⃣ *Buying across the sectors* 5️⃣ *Falling Crude Prices:* Brent crude slipped 0.12% to USD 64.78 per barrel 6️⃣ *ECB Policy Support:* The European Central Bank is also expected to announce another interest rate cut at its policy review later today 7️⃣ *The India VIX* , a key indicator of market volatility, *eased further* on Thursday 👉The BSE Midcap index rose 0.4% while the Smallcap index added 0.65% 👉Biggest Nifty gainers included Eternal, Dr Reddy's Labs, Trent, Power Grid Corp, ICICI Bank 👉Losers were IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, Tata Consumer, Bajaj Finance 👉Except PSU Bank, media, auto, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with IT, metal, pharma, realty up 0.5-1.7% 👉Realty shares surge up to 6% on RBI rate cut optimism; Sobha, DLF lead gains 👉Hindustan Zinc shares surge 6% as silver hits fresh all-time high of Rs 1.04 lakh per kg 👉Elon Musk’s Starlink is set to receive its Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) within weeks 👉Dassault Aviation partners with Tata to manufacture Rafale fuselage for India, other markets 👉Bharat Electronics shares hit record high on Rs 2,323-crore order wins from Mazagon Dock, GRSE *Knowledge Booster* :💪💪 👉FII flow into equities in May was at $1.7 billion & DIIs bought $7.9 billion during May 👉On a YTD basis, FIIs are still net sellers of about $11 billion in equities, while DIIs invested around $33 billion 👉Hindustan Zinc is the largest producer of silver in India, and produces refined silver with a minimum 99.9% purity