Nifty witnesses sell off after making positive start

08 Jan 2024 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session near day’s low point, dragged by losses in Bank and IT stocks. After making slightly positive start, soon index slipped into red terrain, amid rising geopolitical crisis. China announced sanctions on five US defence-related companies in response to sanctions on Chinese companies and arm sales to Taiwan. Traders remained concerned as a report by economic think tank GTRI said the increasing Red Sea crisis may impact trade as it is expected to push shipping costs by up to 60 per cent and insurance premium by 20 per cent.

In late afternoon session, index magnified its losses and ended near day’s low point, as traders were cautious with India Ratings and Research Chief Economist Devendra Kumar Pant’s statement that the Indian economy is facing the challenge of lower consumption growth as high inflation is impacting people in the lower income bracket. He said although the country's economy is now resilient enough to deal with the dual shocks of below-normal monsoon and high global oil prices, the challenge is to bring down inflation so that people can have more disposable income in their hands.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except Media and Realty stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were GMR Airports Infrastructure, TVS Motor Company and Manappuram Finance. On the other hand, the top losers were Bandhan Bank, Navin Fluorine International and Hindustan Copper. 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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