Nifty extends gaining streak for fifth consecutive session

21 Apr 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- extended its gaining streak for fifth consecutive session and closed significantly higher on Monday. Index made positive start despite weak cues from global markets. Further, index gained momentum and traded firm on account of valued buying in fundamentally good stock amid strong FII inflow in Indian equity market. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 4,667.94 crore on April 17. Sentiments remained optimistic throughout the day as traders took note of RBI’s report that India's forex reserves increased by $1.567 billion to $677.835 billion for the week ended April 11. This is the sixth consecutive week of rise in the kitty. In addition, sentiment remained upbeat as market participants took note of Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that India hopes to positively conclude’ the first part of a trade pact with the United States by this autumn as she started on a trip packed with engagement between the two nations. Finally, index closed above 24,100 mark.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except FMCG stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Vodafone Idea, Tata Elxsi and AU Small Finance Bank. On the other hand, the top losers were Marico, Godrej Consumer Products and Varun Beverages. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25400 - 25600 calls and 22900 - 23100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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