Nifty ends in positive terrain for third consecutive day

06 Nov 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session in a positive terrain, led by gains in Metal, Pharma and healthcare stocks. Index made a gap-up opening, as sentiments got a boost after a survey by prominent economic think-tank NCAER showed an all-round improvement in business sentiments in the second quarter of the current fiscal. The Business Confidence Index (BCI) rose from 128 in the first quarter of the current fiscal to 140.7 in the second. Besides, reiterating India's commitment to embracing disruptive technologies, particularly AI, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal has said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool to fight poverty, deliver goods and services to remote areas, and reskill the workforce for the future. 

In afternoon session, index continued its northward journey, as sentiments remained upbeat after the Reserve Bank of India said India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $2.579 billion to $586.111 billion in the week ended on October 27. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped by $2.363 billion to $583.532 billion. The street overlooked reports that Foreign Portfolio Investors’ (FPIs) selling spree continues as they pulled out over Rs 3,400 crore from the Indian equity markets in the first three trading sessions of November on rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. In last leg of trade, index extended its gains and ended near day’s high point.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except PSU BANK and Consumer Durables stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Divi's Laboratories, Eicher Motors and Hero Motocorp. On the other hand, the top losers were State Bank of India, Hindustan Unilever and Cipla. 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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