Nifty extends winning rally for third day

16 Jan 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Thursday's trading session in green, after data showing a slowdown in the annual rate of core consumer prices growth in the U.S. in December helped ease concerns about US Fed's interest rate trajectory. Index made an optimistic start, as traders got some support with the industry body PHDCCI stating that India's economy is expected to become the fourth largest in the world by 2026, surpassing Japan, as it projected the nation's GDP to grow 6.8 per cent in the current financial year ending March and 7.7 per cent in FY26. Sentiments remained positive as rating agency CRISIL stated that India will see a five-fold growth in green investments to Rs 31 lakh crore between 2025 and 2030. It said this is a crucial part of an estimated $10-trillion investments needed through 2070 to achieve the country's net-zero goals as per the Updated First Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.

In afternoon session, index continued to trade in green, as sentiments were upbeat with the commerce ministry data showed India's electronics exports rose 35.11 per cent to $3.58 billion in December 2024, marking the highest level of shipments in the last 24 months. The robust performance reflects the growing momentum in the country's electronics manufacturing sector, driven by favourable government policies, increased global demand, and expanding domestic production capacities. In last leg of trade, index extended its gains to end higher.

Traders were seen piling up positions in PSU Bank, Metal and Financial Services stocks, while selling was witnessed in FMCG, IT and Pharma. The top gainers from the F&O segment were L&T Technology Services, HDFC Life Insurance Company and HFCL. On the other hand, the top losers were Oracle Financial Services Software, Kalyan Jewellers India and Trent. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 23900 - 24100 calls and 22900 - 23100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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