Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- closed in green terrain on Monday, following positive cues from global peers after China unveils special action plans to increased residents’ income and childcare subsidy to boost domestic consumption. Index made negative start amid Trump’s tariff policies and rising fears of possible recession in US. But soon, market recovered as traders took support of RBI’s report stating that India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $15.267 billion to $653.966 billion during the week ended March 7. Also, India and New Zealand have resumed negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) after a decade-long gap to boost trade in goods, services, and investment. However, gains remained capped as data released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed that India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rose to 2.38% (provisional) in February, 2025, this is higher than the WPI rate in January which stood at 2.31%.
Index remained in green terrain through the day and settled above 22,500 mark, as sentiments remained upbeat after Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal assured exporters that the government is working for protecting India’s interest through Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) being negotiated with the United States but said that the country cannot be protectionist at a time when the world is moving towards reciprocity.
Traders were seen piling up positions in Pharma, Financial Services and Private Bank, while selling was witnessed in Media, Realty and PSU Bank. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Indian Energy Exchange, Housing & Urban Development Corporation, and Muthoot Finance. On the other hand, the top losers were Tube Investments of India, Prestige Estates Projects and LTIMindtree. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 30900 - 31100 calls and 21900 - 22100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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