Nifty ends gloomy session in red on Tuesday

17 Jun 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended gloomy session in red on Tuesday amid escalating geopolitical tensions. Index made a cautious start followed by mixed cues from other Asian markets and rising crude oil prices. Soon, index slipped below its neutral line and started wavering into red terrain. Market participants remained cautious after US president Donald Trump called for evacuation on Tehran amid escalating tension between Israel and Iran. Sentiments remined pessimistic as some concerns came from India’s unemployment data, measured in monthly term, rose to 5.6 per cent in May from 5.1 per cent in April this year mainly due to seasonal variation. In afternoon session, index continued its choppy trade in red terrain and closed near 24,850 mark. However, losses remained capped as market participants took note of Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal’s statement that negotiations for the proposed India-US trade agreement are in good progress and the two sides are expected to agree on an early tranche of the pact before July 9.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except IT stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mahanagar Gas, and Aditya Birla Capital. On the other hand, the top losers were Hindustan Zinc, Sona BLW Precision Forgings and Granules India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 24400 - 24600 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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