Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended near day’s high point on Monday, supported by buying in Reliance Industries and HDFC bank stocks. Index made a decent start, as investors took support with Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar hailing India's remarkable progress in building unicorns and startups and prophesized that the next 4-5 years will witness substantial growth for such enterprises and the startups in the country will increase by 10 times. Some support came in as the Reserve Bank of India said India’s foreign exchange reserves jumped $1.229 billion to $596.28 billion in the week ended July 7.
In afternoon session, index continued its northward journey, as sentiments remained upbeat with the data from the National Securities Depository (NSDL) showing that foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have remained net buyers in Indian stock markets for the fifth straight month. FPIs bought Indian stocks worth Rs 7,936 crore, Rs 11,631 crore, Rs 43,838 crore, and Rs 47,148 crore in March, April, May, and June, respectively. In July too they have been firm and so far in the month infused funds worth Rs 30,660 crore. In last leg of trade, index magnified its gains to end at fresh record closing high. Traders remained energized, as India and the US committed to strengthening bilateral ties and actively pursue the G20 agenda, which includes taking coordinated action to deal with climate change and look forward to alternate mechanisms to fund energy transition.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Auto and Realty. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Zee Entertainment Enterprises, RBL Bank and Indus Towers. On the other hand, the top losers were Bandhan Bank, Godrej Properties and Exide Industries. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 19900 - 20100 calls and 18900 - 19100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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