Nifty ends in negative terrain; settles below 19450 mark

04 Oct 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Wednesday’s trading session on a lower note dragged by PSU Bank, Realty and Media stocks. Index made a negative start, as traders were cautious with Engineering Exports Promotion Council (EEPC) stating that overall exports of engineering goods from the country have been affected by the global slowdown. It said during April to August in 2023, overall engineering exports dropped 4.55 per cent to $44.62 billion as against $ 46.74 billion in the previous similar period of 2022. Some pessimism also came as Crisil Ratings indicated that while rating upgrades continue to outnumber the downgrades substantially due to robust domestic demand and government capital expenditure from April to September 2023, sluggish exports are beginning to add pressures to the credit quality of some Indian firms. It also said export-oriented sectors such as textiles (cotton spinning) and diamond polishing might experience a contraction in operating cash flows. 

In afternoon session, index traded near day’s low point, as sentiments were downbeat with Credit rating agency ICRA’s latest report stating that states' borrowing cost jumped 10 basis points (bps) to 7.56 per cent at the first weekly debt auction of the third quarter on October 3, 2023 and is the highest in the past 23 weeks. The street paid no heed towards the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monthly data report on ‘India’s International Trade in services’ showing that India's services exports surged 8.4% year-on-year to $28,719 million in August 2023, while imports of services during August 2023 fell 0.8% to $15,103 million. In last leg of trade, index trimmed some of its losses but ended in a negative terrain.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except IT and FMCG stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Ramco Cements, Adani Enterprises and Nestle India. On the other hand, the top losers were Indiabulls Housing Finance, Manappuram Finance and Axis Bank. 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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