Nifty ends higher on Friday; settles above 23800 mark

27 Dec 2024 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Friday’s trading session in positive terrain. Traders would be looking forward to forthcoming January earnings season. Index made a positive start and extended its gains to touch high point, as traders took encouragement after expressing confidence, Finance Ministry in its monthly review has stated that India's economy is set to grow at around 6.5 per cent in FY25. The Finance Minister further said that the growth outlook for October to December appears bright, with rural demand remaining resilient and urban demand picking up in the first two months of the quarter. Traders also took note of report that India's market capitalisation has soared 18.4 per cent to $5.18 trillion in 2024, adding $806 billion. This growth ranked third globally among the top 15 major markets, both in percentage and absolute terms. India will finish the year with the fifth biggest global market. 

In afternoon session, index came off from day’s high point but remined trade in green till end of the day, as traders took support with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2023-24 has stated that the profitability of banks has maintained an upward momentum on the sixth consecutive year in 2023-24. It said that the profitability has continued even in the first half (H1) of financial year 2024-25, with the return of assets (RoA) at 1.4 per cent and return on equity (RoE) at 14.6 per cent.  

Traders were seen piling up positions in Pharma, Auto, and Healthcare stocks, while selling was witnessed in Metal, PSU Bank and Oil & Gas. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Escorts Kubota, Can Fin Homes and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. On the other hand, the top losers were NMDC, BSE and Hindustan Copper. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 24900 - 25100 calls and 22900 - 23100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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