Nifty extends gaining streak for seventh consecutive session

23 Apr 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- extended its gaining streak for seventh consecutive session and closed higher on Wednesday amid ease in US-China trade tension. Index made an optimistic start followed by positive cues from global markets. Also, some support came from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that India plans to increase the share of the manufacturing sector from 12 per cent to 23 per cent over the next two decades, aiming to create jobs and drive economic growth. However, in late morning session, index erased its all-initial gains and turned red. After some choppy trade, index gained traction. Some support came as a survey report showed that India's private sector growth rose to an eight-month high in April fueled by robust demand, particularly a surge in foreign orders for manufactured goods, but business confidence showed some signs of softening. The HSBC flash India Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, climbed to 60.0, up from 59.5 in March, the strongest pace of combined manufacturing and services growth since August. Index continued its firm trade till end of the session and closed above 24,300 mark.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Consumer Durables, Private Bank and PSU Bank stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were AU Small Finance Bank, HCL Technologies and Coforge. On the other hand, the top losers were Muthoot Finance, Voltas and Cyient. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25400 - 25600 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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