Nifty ends lower on Thursday

17 Jul 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended lower on Thursday. Index made a flat-to-positive start followed by mostly positive cues from other Asian markets. Also, some optimism came after Donald Trump signaled that a new trade deal could be inked soon with India. Trump’s comments come at a time when India's commerce ministry officials are in Washington DC for another round of trade talks. Soon, index turned volatile and slipped below neutral line. Market participants avoided risky bids ahead of weekly F&O expiry. However, downside remained capped as traders took note of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest report stating that outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by domestic firms has seen a jump of 73.77% to $5,030.48 million in June 2025 as against $2,894.90 million in June 2024. In May 2025, it stood at $2,702.92 million. In afternoon session, index continued its choppy trade for most part of the session. In last leg of the trade, index extended its losses and ended the session at day’s low level.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Realty, Metal and Consumer Durables stocks, while selling was witnessed in IT, PSU Bank and Private Bank. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Sona BLW Precision Forgings, Prestige Estates Projects, and Balkrishna Industries. On the other hand, the top losers were Bharat Dynamics, LTIMindtree and Tech Mahindra. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25400 - 25600 calls and 24900 - 25100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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