Nifty witnesses sell off on Monday

13 Nov 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session on lower note due to selling pressure in IT, consumer durables and financial stocks. Index made a negative start, as investors were cautious with a private report that Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) selling spree continued as they dumped Indian equity worth over Rs 5,800 crore this month so far on rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. This came after such investors withdrew Rs 24,548 crore in October and Rs 14,767 crore in September, data with the depositories showed. Traders were also concerned as the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed that growth in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) cooled to a three-month low of 5.8 per cent in September from 10.3 per cent in August, on the back of moderation across all sub-sectors and use-based categories. 

Index remained lower in afternoon session, as sentiments remained downbeat with Fitch Ratings stating that geopolitical uncertainty from the conflict in Middle East could upend countries’ inflation and growth calculations, leading to a higher than expected inflation for India as well. It stated higher oil prices would lead to higher-than-expected inflation rates in 2024, followed by corrections in 2025. Turkiye sees the highest percentage point rise in forecast inflation, followed by India and Poland. However, the India and Poland’s relative increases would be much large. Finally, index ended in a negative terrain with losses of 82 points.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except PSU BANK and Metal stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Hindustan Copper, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Coal India. On the other hand, the top losers were Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Page Industries and Biocon. 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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