Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Friday’s trading session near day’s high point supported by buying in IT sector’s stock amid hopes of a U.S. rate cut. Index made a slightly negative start and slipped into deep red in morning session, amid foreign fund outflows. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) extended their selling as they sold equities worth Rs 3,560 crore on December 12. Traders overlooked the lower November month retail inflation print, and higher index of industrial production reading for October. The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation slowed to 5.48 per cent in November from a 14-month high of 6.21 per cent in October, indicating persistent price pressures across sectors. Besides, India’s industrial output rose to 3.5 per cent in October from 3.1 per cent in September, driven largely by a rebound in the manufacturing and electricity sectors.
However, index came off from day’s low point and extended its gains to trade higher in afternoon session, as investors took some support with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry in its latest release has showed that India has achieved a remarkable milestone in its economic journey, with gross foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows reaching an impressive $1 trillion since April 2000, bolstered by a nearly 26% rise in FDI to $42.1 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year (H1 FY25) as against $33.5 billion in H1 FY24. Finally, index ended with gains of 219.60 point and settled above 24750 mark.
Traders were seen piling up positions in FMCG, Consumer Durables, and Private Bank stocks, while selling was witnessed in Metal, Media and Realty. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Bharti Airtel, Ramco Cements and One 97 Communications. On the other hand, the top losers were SAIL, NMDC and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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