Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Monday’s trading session near day’s high point with over 3 percent gains ahead of Lok Sabha election results. Index made a gap up-opening, as sentiments were up-beat on the back of several Lok Sabha election exit polls showing the Prime Minister Narendra Modi returning for a third term. Traders continued to take support with Moody’s Ratings’ projection that India to grow 6.8 per cent in the current year (2024), followed by 6.5 per cent in 2025. India’s real GDP grew 7.7 per cent in 2023, up from 6.5 per cent in 2022, driven by robust capital spending by the government and strong manufacturing activity.
In afternoon session, index continued to trade near all-time high point and remained higher till the end, as sentiments remained positive after the finance ministry in its latest data has showed that India’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose by around 10 per cent to Rs 1,72,739 crore for the month of May 2024 as compared to Rs 1,57,090 crore in May 2023. The rise in GST collections was mainly driven by a ‘strong increase in domestic transactions’, which increased by 15.3 per cent as against 13.4 per cent growth rate in April. Some support came in as growth of eight core industries rose to 6.2% in April from 6% in March, mainly due to higher growth achieved in natural gas, refinery products, coal, steel and electricity sectors.
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