Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Thursday’s trading session on new record closing high, as investors cheered Fed Chair Jerome Powell's dovish remarks on interest-rate cuts. Index made a gap-up opening, as investors took some support with Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that the budget seeks to strike a fine balance among several overriding priorities and will provide impetus to local manufacturing, boost employment and raise India's share in global growth. She added growth, employment, welfare spending, capital investments, and fiscal consolidation are given equal place.
In afternoon session, index trimmed some of its gains but remained higher, as traders took encouragement after Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal expressed hope that steps such as focus on self-sufficiency, technology, stronger currency and fundamentals would help India become a $55-trillion economy by 2047. Traders took a note of report that growth in new orders and output eased slightly at Indian factories during July, even as firms raised selling prices at the highest pace in almost 11 years amid a significant spike in input costs that accelerated at a two-year high rate, as per the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). The seasonally adjusted PMI inched down from 58.3 in June to 58.1 in July. A reading of over 50 on the index signals a rise in activity levels. Finally, index extended its gains to end above 25000 mark.
Traders were seen piling up positions in Oil & Gas, Healthcare and FMCG stocks, while selling was witnessed in Media, Realty, and PSU Bank. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Power Grid Corporation of India, Coal India and Godrej Consumer Products. On the other hand, the top losers Birlasoft, ACC and Dixon Technologies (India). In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 24400 - 24600 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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