Nifty ends higher in volatile trade

22 Dec 2023 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended the volatile session with a decent gain on Friday, ahead of Christmas weekend. After making cautious start, soon index entered into green and got traction, as market participants took encouragement with additional Secretary in the commerce ministry Rajesh Agrawal’s statement that India’s agriculture exports this fiscal are expected to reach the last year’s level of $53 billion despite restrictions imposed on shipments of certain key commodities, including rice, wheat and sugar. Traders took a note of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have made 34.63 per cent of their total procurement from MSMEs in 2023-24 (till November) as against the mandated 25 per cent.

In afternoon session, index erased most of its gains, but soon regained traction on account of buying in IT, Metal and reality stocks. Traders took a note of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) stated that a free trade agreement with Oman will help boost apparel exports as huge business opportunities are there in the Gulf nation for Indian exporters. Negotiations for the pact, officially dubbed as the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), are moving at a fast pace.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Realty, IT and Metal stocks, while selling was witnessed in Bank, PSU Bank and Financial Services. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Gail (India), Wipro and Laurus Labs. On the other hand, the top losers were Polycab India, Aurobindo Pharma and Dalmia Bharat. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 21900 - 22100 calls and 20900 - 21100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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