Nifty wraps up near day's low point on Friday amid profit booking

03 Jan 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- snapped two day’s winning streak on Friday amid heavy selling in IT and banking sectors’ stocks. After making slightly positive start, soon market turned negative and extended their losses as traders were cautious with credit rating agency ICRA’s report stating that banks credit growth may ease to 9.7-10.3 per cent in FY26, weighed down by the persisting high credit-to-deposit (CD) ratio and implementation of the proposed changes in the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) framework. ICRA has revised its credit growth estimate downwards to 10.5-11 per cent for FY25 from its earlier estimate of 11.6-12.5 per cent. 

In afternoon session, index rebounded from its lowest point of the day, but remained in negative territory, as sentiments remained downbeat  amid reports that more than half of the respondents surveyed in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Systemic Risk Survey (SRS) do not expect a revival in the private capital expenditure cycle in the coming year, contrary to the central bank’s own assessment that economic activity is likely to pick up in the second half of this year. In the final stretch of trading, index slipped near day’s low point to end with losses of 183.90 points.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Media, Oil & Gas, and Consumer Durables stocks, while selling was witnessed in IT, Pharma, and Bank. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Avenue Supermarts, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Cholamandalam Investment and UPL. On the other hand, the top losers were National Aluminium Company, Zomato and Angel one. 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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