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Nifty witnesses bloodbath; plunges over 2%

17 Jan 2024 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Wednesday’s trading session in deep red amid heavy selling in banking sector’s stocks. HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank were prime losers among heavy weights. Index made a gap-down opening, as traders were cautious after US Treasury yields rise. Tensions in the Middle East and dimming rate cut hopes by the US Fed accentuated investors' fears, especially after a sharp rally to record high levels. Traders paid no heed towards Crisil's report stating that corporates' revenues are likely to have grown 8-10 per cent in the 2023 December quarter on an annual basis. As per Crisil Ratings, the operating profits have likely expanded 100-150 basis points on-year in the three months ended December 2023, giving the corporates an overall operating margin of 19-20 per cent in the first nine months of 2023-24 fiscal.

Index continued to trade in deep red in noon deals, as sentiments remained downbeat with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) alerting that high street banks to get ready for an emerging multi-currency world amid measures to internationalise the rupee. The street overlooked Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal's statement that startups are playing a pivotal role in India's journey towards becoming a developed nation by 2047. Union Minister highlighted the diverse sectors in which startups are making substantial contributions, ranging from MedTech, FinTech, AgroTech to the aviation sector, drones, and simulators. In last leg of trade, index ended near intraday low point with losses of 460.35 points.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except IT stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, L&T Technology Services and Oracle Financial Services Software. On the other hand, the top losers were Indian Energy Exchange, HDFC Bank and Steel Authority of India. 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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