Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- extended its gains for third consecutive day. After making cautious start, soon index turned positive and extended its gains, as traders took support with the finance ministry’s statement that the government launched a new credit guarantee scheme for the MSME sector covering loans up to Rs 100 crore in line with the FY25 Budget announcement. Some support also came as RBI's index that measures the adoption of online transactions showed digital payments across the country registered an 11.11 per cent year-on-year rise as on September 2024. RBI's Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) for September 2024 stands at 465.33 as against 445.5 for March 2024.
In late afternoon session, index trimmed most of its gains, as sentiments turned negative with the S&P Global Market Intelligence in its latest report stating that Indian banks are facing margin pressure as loan growth slows amid high interest rates. It highlighted that the aggregate loan growth of six of India's largest banks--both private and state-owned--is expected to decline to 12.3 per cent in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. However, in last leg of trade, index made a recovery to end on higher note.
Traders were seen piling up positions in Realty, Oil & Gas and Healthcare stocks, while selling was witnessed in Consumer Durables, Media and IT. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Laurus Labs, SRF and Indian Railway Finance Corporation. On the other hand, the top losers were Voltas, Computer Age Management Services and Tata Motors. 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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