Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session in a positive terrain after the Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) decisive win in the assembly elections. Index made a powerful start, as investors got encouragement after the finance ministry stated that GST collections jumped 15 per cent to nearly Rs 1.68 lakh crore in November on increased domestic activity and festive season buying. Some support came in with report that after turning net sellers in the past two months, FPIs again made a comeback in the Indian stock markets in November and pumped in Rs 9,000 crore amid fall in US Treasury bond yields and the resilience of the domestic market.
Index continued its gaining momentum in afternoon session, as sentiments remained optimistic amid reports that the Reserve Bank is likely to maintain the status quo on the short-term interest rate in its monetary policy review later this week, with inflation staying in comfort zone and economic growth moving at an accelerated pace. Some support also came with Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal’s statement that India’s focus on infrastructure is empowering the economy and giving it a fillip. He said massive investments both from the government and from the private sector, directed towards infrastructure are boosting the infrastructural capabilities of the country. In last leg of trade, index extended its gains to end at all-time high point.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Pharma and Media stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Eicher Motors and Ambuja Cements. On the other hand, the top losers were Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Delta Corp and Lupin. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 20900 - 21100 calls and 19900 - 20100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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