Nifty extends losing streak for four consecutive days

24 Oct 2024 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Thursday’s trading session with minor losses amid weekly F&O expiry. The continued tension in the Middle East is also weighing on the market. Index made cautions start, amid foreign funds outflows. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 5,684.63 crore on October 23, according to exchange data. Traders were concerned as Member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Sanjeev Sanyal stated that artificial intelligence (AI) will both create and destroy jobs and a lot depends on how it is adopted. He claimed AI will impact highly skilled people and functions will be disintermediated. 

In afternoon session, index traded below its neutral line and remained lower till end of the day. Traders failed to take support with survey showing that growth in India's business activity picked up slightly in October after softening last month, led by stronger demand in the manufacturing sector. It also showed job creation rose at the fastest pace since February 2006. HSBC's flash India Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, rose to 58.6 this month from September's final reading of 58.3, which was a 10-month low. Finally, Nifty ended below 24,450 mark. 

Traders were seen piling up positions in PSU Bank, Bank and Pharma stocks, while selling was witnessed in FMCG, Realty and Auto. The top gainers from the F&O segment were UltraTech Cement, Shriram Finance and M&M. On the other hand, the top losers Hindustan Unilever, SBI Life Insurance Company and Hindalco Industries. 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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