Nifty ends modestly higher on Wednesday

14 May 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended modestly higher on Wednesday supported by softer-than-expected retail inflation in both the US and India. Index made a firm opening amid positive cues from other Asian markets. Sentiments got boost after the official data showed that India's consumer price inflation eased further in April to the lowest level in nearly six years amid a slower rise in food prices. Consumer price inflation eased to 3.16 per cent in April 2025 from 3.34 per cent in March. It was the lowest year-on-year inflation after July 2019. Ease in retail inflation sparked hopes for more rate cuts from the RBI in coming months. 

In afternoon session, index trimmed its gains to trade choppy, tracking negative cues from European markets along with selling in private banks' stocks. However, index managed to end in green, as traders took note of the government data showing that India’s wholesale inflation eased further to 0.85 per cent in April on an annual basis as against a four-month low of 2.05 per cent in March. 

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Private Bank stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Titagarh Rail Systems, Aditya Birla Capital and Steel Authority of India. On the other hand, the top losers were REC, Patanjali Foods and Asian Paints. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 24900 - 25100 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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