Nifty ends lower on weekly F&O expiry

19 Oct 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Thursday’s trading session in a negative terrain on weekly F&O expiry. Index made a gap down opening, as investors were cautious after US Treasury yields jumped to multiyear highs, with the 10-year Treasury yield breaking above 4.9% for the first time since 2007. Further, foreign fund outflows also dented sentiments. Provisional data from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) showed that foreign institutional investors (FII) sold shares worth Rs 1,831.84 crore on October 18. Index trimmed some of its losses but unable to surpass neutral line, as sentiments were downbeat amid a private report stating that India's central bank has urged lenders to tighten controls on tiny personal loans following a surge in borrowing by low income consumers and may impose stricter measures to avert risks of a blowout in defaults. Finally, index ended with losses of 46.40 points.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Auto, Consumer Durables and Media stocks, while selling was witnessed in Metal, Oil & Gas and Financial Services. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Bajaj Auto, LTIMindtree and Hero Motocorp. On the other hand, the top losers were Astral, Indraprastha Gas and Bandhan Bank. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 19700 - 19900 calls and 19400 - 19600 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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