Nifty ends near day’s high point; settles above 18800 mark

20 Jun 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Tuesday’s trading session on a higher note, led by gains in IT and Metal stocks. After making slightly negative start, soon index extended its losses and traded in a deep red, as traders were cautious with private report stating that private equity and venture capital funds' investment in the country continued to fall in May, with the overall values declining by nearly 44 per cent to $3.5 billion. Some concern also came with report that the UK’s decision to withdraw duty benefit scheme GSP may impact Indian exporters from certain labour-intensive sectors such as leather and textiles as they were the major beneficiaries. The UK is replacing the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) with a new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) from June 19.

In afternoon session, index trimmed most of its losses and traded on a flat note. Traders got some relief, amid reports that formal job creation under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme registered a month-on-month growth of 2.8% in April with the addition of 1.78 million net new employees compared to 1.73 million formal workers added in March. Meanwhile, India and the UK concluded the tenth round of talks for a proposed free trade agreement last week, and the next round of negotiations is due to take place in the coming month. In the last leg of trade, index turned positive and ended near day’s high point.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Media, Healthcare Index and Pharma. The top gainers from the F&O segment were HDFC Asset Management Company,  Piramal Enterprises and Shriram Finance. On the other hand, the top losers were Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Container Corporation of India and Vodafone Idea. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 18900 - 19100 calls and 17900 - 18100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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