Nifty ends in positive terrain on Friday

29 Sep 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Friday’s trading session on a higher note, supported by gains in Pharma, Media and Metal stocks. Index made a positive start, as market participants took support with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest data showing that credit growth in agriculture and allied activities improved to 16.6 per cent annually in August 2023, and the loan outstanding neared Rs 18 lakh crore. The credit growth in agriculture and allied activities was 13.4 per cent in August 2022. Some support also came as CBIC Chief Sanjay Kumar Agarwal stated that increased monthly GST collections are mainly on account of higher compliance, and the GST Council's decision to tighten return filing and registration process would help reduce fake ITC claims in evasion prone sectors, including iron and steel.

In afternoon session, index extended its gains and traded near day’s high point, as sentiments remained optimistic after credit rating agency, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) in its ‘September 2023 edition of its Credit Market Tracker’ report said that the tightness in the liquidity market is likely to ease meaningfully in the coming quarter, as the government spending has increased, followed by a further release of money from the incremental cash reserve ratio funds. In last leg of trade, index trimmed some of its gains but ended on a higher note.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except IT stock. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Vedanta and Hindalco Industries. On the other hand, the top losers were Navin Fluorine International, Adani Enterprises and Multi Commodity Exchange of India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 19900 - 20100 calls and 19400 - 19600 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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