Nifty witnesses selling pressure in volatile trade

21 Jan 2025 Evaluate

After witnessing volatile trade, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Tuesday's trading session in deep red, amid heavy selling in blue-chip stocks. After making positive start, soon index slipped into red, as Foreign fund outflows dented domestic sentiments. On January 20, FIIs/FPIs net sold India stocks worth Rs 4,336.54 crore. Thus far in January, FPIs have sold stocks worth Rs 48,023 crore. Traders overlooked report that Moody's Ratings has projected the Indian economy to grow by 7% in the current fiscal (FY25) and said robust economic expansion will drive growth in insurance premiums.  In afternoon session, index erased most of its losses, but remained trade below its neutral line, as sentiments were pessimistic amid private report stating that India is likely to be among the nations hit by higher tariffs if incoming US President Donald Trump makes good on his election-campaign promise to impose retaliatory duties against certain countries. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued revised guidelines for the settlement of dues payable by borrowers to Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) on January 20, and to take immediate effect. In last leg of trade, index magnified its losses to end near day’s low point.

All the sectorial indices ended in red. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, J K Cement and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise. On the other hand, the top losers were Dixon Technologies (India), Zomato and Multi Commodity Exchange of India. 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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