Nifty ends lower on Monday

09 Dec 2024 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session with minor losses ahead of key macroeconomic data i.e. inflation and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data. After making cautious start, soon index slipped into red, amid foreign fund outflows. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,830 crore on December 6. Some cautiousness came as industry body CII has suggested the government to stick to the fiscal deficit target of 4.9 per cent of GDP for 2024-25 and 4.5 per cent for 2025-26, cautioning that overly aggressive targets beyond these could adversely affect India's economic growth. However, index trimmed most of its losses in late afternoon session, as investors were getting some relief after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted that India will become a $30 trillion-economy by 2047. Pradhan said that India, the fastest-growing global economy, is currently in the fifth position and will bag the third spot in the next three years.

In afternoon session, index unable to hold its gains and again entered into red, as sentiments were downbeat after SBI forecasted India's GDP growth at 6.3%, lower than RBIs projection of 6.6% for FY25 in its latest report. Adding some worries, a private report stated that the political turmoil in Bangladesh has slowed down exports of gem and jewellery, imitation jewellery, engineering goods and oilmeals from India. The raw cotton, cotton yarn and textiles exporters are facing delays in payments, even though the buyers are depositing payments in local currency Bangladeshi Taka. Finally, index ended in a negative territory with losses of 58.80 points, led by selling in blue-chip stocks.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Metal, Consumer Durables, and IT stocks, while selling was witnessed in FMCG, Media and Auto. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Supreme Industries, Kalyan Jewellers India and Delhivery. On the other hand, the top losers were Godrej Consumer Products, Syngene International and Tata Consumer Products. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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