Nifty ends significantly higher on valued buying

18 Mar 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- extended its previous session’s gains and ended notably higher on Tuesday, on valued buying by market participants at lower levels. Index made gap up opening amid positive cues from Asian market, supported by US data that eased recession fears and renewed optimism came from Chinese market. Nifty continued its firm trade as sentiments remained positive with Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal’s statement that India and the United States were proactively engaged in discussing mutually beneficial issues for the Bilateral Trade Agreement with the objective of raising the two-way trade from $200 billion at present to $500 billion by 2030. Also, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest report stated that India’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) commitments surged 39.63% to $5359.79 million in February 2025 as compared to $3838.62 million in February 2024, driven by strong growth in equity investments.

Market remained higher through the day as market participants took note of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report which stated that India to remain the fastest-growing major economy over the next two years with the GDP growth rate projected at 6.4% for 2025 and at 6.6% in 2026. In lats leg of trade, index added some gains and closed above 22,800 mark.

All sectorial indices ended in green. The top gainers from the F&O segment were One 97 Communications, Zomato, and PB Fintech. On the other hand, the top losers were Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals, Bajaj Finserv and SRF. 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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