Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session on a positive note, supported by gains in PSU Bank, Metal and IT stocks. After making an optimistic start, soon index slipped near neutral line, as traders got anxious with latest data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showing that India's foreign exchange reserves are down by $30 million at $594.85 billion for the week ending August 25. Traders overlooked Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth’s statement that the government is confident of meeting the fiscal deficit target of 5.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) and the nominal GDP target of 10.5 per cent despite pressure in the initial months of FY24.
However, index again added gains in late morning session. Sentiments remained positive, amid reports that the G20 Presidency with India is helping the country to strengthen trade ties with member nations and provides an opportunity to attract investments from those countries in sectors like infrastructure. Besides, investors were hoping that US Federal Reserve may pause interest rate hike. Traders took note of report that Canada has paused negotiations for a free trade agreement with India and now both the countries will mutually decide about resuming the talks in the future. Finally, index ended near day’s high point and settled above 19500 mark.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except FMCG and Consumer Durables. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Dalmia Bharat, National Aluminium Company and Shree Cement. On the other hand, the top losers were Escorts Kubota, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company and Birlasoft. 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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