Last hour buying helps Nifty to hit fresh record closing high

06 Mar 2024 Evaluate

Erasing all its intraday losses, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Wednesday’s trading session near day’s high point ahead of the US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's congressional testimony this week, which would provide clues about the outlook for interest rates. Index made a cautious start and remained lower for the most part of the session, as traders were cautious with Icra’s report stating that amid continuing lower supplies, the borrowing cost for states fell to a 32-week low of 7.40 per cent Tuesday, down by 4 bps from the previous week's auctions. Throughout January, the interest rates were hovering at a two-year high of close to 7.9 per cent. Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called for a quick conclusion to the review of India's trade agreement with South Korea, adding that the two countries must work together to find more meeting points and increase their engagement to realise their potential.

However, index staged sharp recovery in late afternoon session, as some support came amid a private report stating that inflation expectations of Corporate India seem to be settling around 4.3 percent, showing that it declined to 4.37 percent in January. Traders also got some relief, after the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare in its latest report showed that the enrolment under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) increased by 27% in current year so far. Also it said that 42% of total farmers insured under the scheme in FY 2023-24 are non-loanee farmers. Finally, index ended near day’s high point and settled above 22400 mark. 

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Media, Realty and Metal stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Tata Chemicals, Pidilite Industries and Oracle Financial Services Software. On the other hand, the top losers Mahanagar Gas, L&T Finance Holdings and Manappuram Finance. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 22900 - 23100 calls and 21900 - 22100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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