Nifty snaps seven day winning streak on Thursday

24 Apr 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- snapped its seven day winning streak and ended lower on Thursday amid US-China trade war fears resurfaced. Index made flat-to-negative start followed by negative cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index shown some volatility and continued to trade in red terrain. Sentiments remained weak as Finance Secretary Ajay Seth reportedly said that the direct hit from tariffs introduced by Donald Trump’s administration on India could shave off between 0.2 per cent to 0.5 per cent from GDP growth. Index continued its southward journey in afternoon session. Market participants were cautious as the World Bank in its latest ‘South Asia Development Update’ lowered India’s economic growth forecast for 2025-26 by 40 basis points to 6.3 per cent, over global economic weakness and policy uncertainty. However, downside remained capped as the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting showed Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that benchmark interest rate reduction will bolster private consumption and support a revival in private corporate investment. Index remained in red terrain and closed below 24,250 mark.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Pharma, Healthcare and Metal stocks, while selling was witnessed in Realty, FMCG, and Consumer Durables. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Dalmia Bharat, RBL Bank and IndusInd Bank. On the other hand, the top losers were Syngene International, Hindustan Unilever and Kalyan Jewellers India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 24400 - 24600 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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