Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Friday’s trading session with marginal gains, ahead of the Jerome Powell’s upcoming speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium. After making positive start, soon index turned volatile in morning deal, as trades were cautious with a report by ICRA stating that GDP expansion is expected to moderate to a six quarter low of 6.0 per cent in Q1FY25 from 7.8 per cent in Q4FY24, amidst a contraction in Government capital expenditure and a dip in urban consumer confidence. It further added that the growth in the gross value added (GVA) is estimated to ease to 5.7 per cent in Q1FY25 from 6.3 per cent in Q4FY24.
However, in late morning session, index managed to trade above its neutral line, as traders took some support with finance ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs stating that food inflation in India is expected to fall in the coming months as plentiful monsoon rains have replenished water levels in reservoirs. As per latest data, retail inflation in India came down to 3.5 per cent in July 2024, the lowest since September 2019, primarily because of a moderation in food inflation. In last leg of trade, index ended just above its neutral line and settled above 24800 mark.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except Auto stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Interglobe Aviation, Bajaj Auto and Dixon Technologies (India). On the other hand, the top losers Deepak Nitrite, Indian Energy Exchange and Indraprastha Gas. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 24900 - 25100 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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