Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended near day’s high point on the last trading day of the week, supported by strong rally in IT stocks. Index made an optimistic start and extended its gains, as traders took encouragement with a data showing that India's net direct tax collection increased 19 per cent on an annual basis to Rs 14.70 lakh crore till January 11. The data also revealed that the tax collection has reached 81 per cent of full-year target. The government has budgeted to collect Rs 18.23 lakh crore from direct taxes (personal income tax and corporate tax), 9.75 per cent higher than Rs 16.61 lakh crore mopped up last fiscal. Index continued its northward journey in noon deals and finally ended with gains of 247.35 points. Traders overlooked Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) latest report showing that India’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) commitments fell sharply to $2.25 billion in December 2023, compared to over $4.12 billion in December 2022, down by 45.39% year on year.
Traders were seen piling up positions in IT, PSU Bank and Realty stocks, while selling was witnessed in Media, Healthcare and Auto. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Oracle Financial Services Software, Infosys and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. On the other hand, the top losers were Metropolis Healthcare, Multi Commodity Exchange of India and Biocon. 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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