Nifty witnesses bloodbath on Friday

28 Feb 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- witnessed bloodbath in Friday’s trade amid heavy selling due to escalating concerns about a global trade war with US increasingly slapping tariffs. Index made a negative start and extended its losses amid foreign fund outflows. The Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equities worth Rs 556 crore on February 27. Traders were cautious after U.S. President Donald Trump said his proposed 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will take effect on March 4 along with an extra 10 percent duty on Chinese imports over the fentanyl opioid crisis, deepening the fear of a global trade war. Trump's tariff plans also sparked concerns about inflation, interest rates and economic growth. 

In afternoon session, market continued to trade deep in red. Traders paid no heed towards National Council of Applied Economic Research’s (NCAER) monthly economic review stating that moderation in inflation to five-month low of 4.3 per cent in January has provided Reserve Bank of India (RBI) more space to cut interest rate in policy meet. Traders also overlooked IMF’s report stating that India’s economic growth remained robust, with Gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6 percent Y-o-Y in the first half of 2024/25. Finally, Nifty settled below the psychological 22,150 level.

All sectorial indices ended in red. The top gainers from the F&O segment were KEI Industries, Bandhan Bank, and Shriram Finance. On the other hand, the top losers were BSE, Granules India and Multi Commodity Exchange of India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 22900 - 23100 calls and 22400 - 22600 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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