Nifty ends lower amid concerns over Trump’s tariff deadline

02 Jul 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended lower on Wednesday. Index made a positive start amid reports suggesting that US-India trade deal is in the final stage of negotiations. Soon, index erased all initial gains and slipped in red terrain. Traders avoided risky bid ahead of looming concerns over Trump’s tariff deadline. Some cautiousness came with exchange data which showed Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) sold equities worth Rs 1,970.03 crore on Tuesday. However, market participants overlooked credit rating agency ICRA’s report that it reaffirmed a stable outlook for the Indian IT services industry, forecasting a year-on-year revenue growth of 2-3 per cent in US dollar terms for the fiscal year 2025-26. In afternoon session, index extended losses and continued its choppy trade for most part of the session. In last leg of the trade, index trimmed some of its losses but remained in red terrain and closed below 25,500 mark.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Metal, Consumer Durables and Pharma stocks, while selling was witnessed in Realty, PSU Bank and Private Bank. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Tata Communications, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, and Mankind Pharma. On the other hand, the top losers were RBL Bank, NCC and Tube Investments of India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 24900 - 25100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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