Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended volatile session with minor gains on Monday, ahead to the U.S. central bank's monetary policy meeting this week. While the US Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, traders will look to the accompanying statement for clues about the outlook for rates. After making a cautious start, soon index turned volatile, as traders were cautious with former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian’s statement that India's latest GDP numbers are 'absolutely mystifying' and difficult to comprehend. Traders overlooked data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showing that India's foreign exchange reserves jumped by $10.47 billion to $636.1 billion for the week ending on March 8. This is the biggest surge since the week ended July 14, 2023.
In afternoon session, index entered into green and remained higher till the end as sentiments were optimistic with a private report stating that India's current world-beating economic growth rate on the back of an investment boom resembles that of 2003-07 when growth averaged more than 8 per cent. Some relief came after the government launched various initiatives including Dissemination of Indian Standard Time through NTP, an Integrated Price Monitoring Dashboard and CCPA website for seamless redressal of violation of consumers rights, with an aim to empower consumers and protect consumer rights.
Traders were seen piling up positions in Metal, Auto and Media stocks, while selling was witnessed in IT, FMCG and Consumer Durables. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and Power and Steel Authority of India. On the other hand, the top losers Coforge, Birlasoft and MRF. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 22900 - 23100 calls and 20900 - 21100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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