Nifty ends lower for second consecutive day

06 Feb 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended Thursday’s trading session in a negative terrain on weekly F&O expiry. After making a slightly positive start, soon index turned negative, as some cautiousness prevailed among market participants ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's interest rate decision, scheduled to be announced on Friday from the Monetary Policy Committee meeting. There are expectations of a 25 basis-points rate cut.  In afternoon session, index continued to trade in red and remained lower till end of the day, as traders were cautious with the exchange data showing that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,682.83 crore in the capital markets on a net basis on Wednesday. Traders overlooked the State Bank of India’s (SBI) report stating that the government’s market borrowing plans for the financial year 2025-26 (FY26) appear well-placed to support fiscal policy while complementing monetary policy. For FY26, the report noted that the government has budgeted gross market borrowing through dated securities at Rs 14.8 lakh crore, while repayments are estimated at Rs 3.3 lakh crore.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Pharma, Private Bank and IT stocks, while selling was witnessed in Realty, Consumer Durables and FMCG. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Abbott India, Sona BLW Precision Forgings and Torrent Power. On the other hand, the top losers were Trent, Solar Industries India and Macrotech Developers. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 24400 - 24600 calls and 22900 - 23100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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