Nifty snaps two-day winning streak amid geopolitical tensions

09 Oct 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session in a negative terrain, amid geopolitical tensions, following the sudden escalation of war between Israel and Palestine-based militant group Hamas over the weekend. Index made a gap-down opening, as traders were cautious with the RBI data showing that India's forex reserves drop by $3.79 billion to $586.91 billion for the week ended September 29. In afternoon session, index extended its losses and traded near day’s low point, as investors paid no attention towards the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) bi-monthly consumer confidence survey (CCS) showing that consumer confidence for the September reverted to its recovery path after a brief pause in July 2023 round of the survey. The current situation index (CSI) reached a four-year high on the back of respondents' better assessment of current general economic situation and employment conditions in September 2023. Finally, index ended with losses of 141.15 points, ahead of Index of industrial production (IIP) data for August and Consumer price index (CPI) data for September slated to be announced on October 12.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except Healthcare stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Delta Corp, Metropolis Healthcare and L&T Technology Services. On the other hand, the top losers were GMR Airports Infrastructure, L&T Finance Holdings and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone. 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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