Nifty ends lower on Union Budget day

01 Feb 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Saturday’s trading session in a negative terrain with minor cut on Union Budget day. After making a cautious start, soon index turned positive and extended its gains, as some support came with the Reserve Bank stating that India's forex reserves increased $5.574 billion to $629.557 billion in the week ended January 24. Though, upside remained capped amid the government data showing that the output of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed down to 4 per cent in December 2024, as against 5.1 per cent growth registered a year ago.  Index witnessed volatility in afternoon session, after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a nil tax on income up to Rs 12 lakh per annum under the New Tax Regime. Traders took note of report that Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in its latest data report has showed that the India’s fiscal deficit touched 56.7 per cent of the Budget Estimate (BE) level of Rs 16.13 lakh crore at the end of December 2024 (April-December). Finally, index ended flat with negative bias. 

Traders were seen piling up positions in Realty, FMCG and Consumer Durables stocks, while selling was witnessed in PSU Bank, IT and Metal. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Avenue Supermarts, HFCL and Trent. On the other hand, the top losers were NCC, JSW Energy and ABB 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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