Nifty ends flat on Monday amid foreign fund outflows

03 Mar 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended flat on Monday amid sustained foreign fund outflows. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 11,639.02 crore on Friday, according to exchange data. Soon after making positive start, market entered into red as some cautiousness came after the central government's fiscal deficit up to January this financial year hit 74.5% of the revised annual target, compared with 63.6% a year before. Further, traders were worried as India's manufacturing activity grew at slow pace in the month of February. Despite slowing to the weakest since December 2023, rates of expansion in output and sales remained elevated in the context of the survey's 20-year history. According to the survey report, the seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) eased to 56.3 in February as against 57.7 in January. In afternoon session, index trimmed most of its losses to trade flat. Investors found some support as Ministry of Commerce & Industry in its latest data has showed that the output of eight key infrastructure sectors rose by 4.6 per cent in January against a 4.2 per cent expansion in the same month of last year. Finally, Nifty ended volatile trading session below 22,150 mark.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Realty, Metal and Consumer Durables, while selling was witnessed in Media, Oil & Gas and Bank. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Tube Investments of India, Supreme Industries, and REC. On the other hand, the top losers were Angel One, BSE and Multi Commodity Exchange of India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 22950 - 23150 calls and 21900 - 22100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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