Nifty ends marginally lower on Friday

16 May 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended marginally lower on Friday. Index made a cautious start and continued to trade in red terrain amid mixed cues from other Asian markets. Emergence of profit-booking after a sharp rally in the previous trading session weighed on the market sentiments. Traders were cautious after India's trade deficit expanded sharply to a five-month of $26.42 billion in April, up from $21.54 billion in March, amid global trade and supply chains being upended by United States' President Donald Trump's tariff hikes on its trading partners. In late afternoon session, index managed to trim some of its losses, as some support came with the Export Import Bank of India stating that it expects a 3.3 per cent growth in the country's overall merchandise exports to $113.7 billion in the June quarter.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Realty, Media and FMCG stocks, while selling was witnessed in IT, Metal and Pharma. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Titagarh Rail Systems, Angel One and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals. On the other hand, the top losers were Bharti Airtel, KPIT Technologies and HCL Technologies. 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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