Nifty ends lower amid muted ongoing earnings season

18 Jul 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended lower amid muted ongoing earnings season. Index made a flat-to-negative start despite broadly positive cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index tumbled and extended its losses. Traders avoided risky bid amid ongoing of US-India trade talks. Some cautiousness came as exchange data showed that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers for the second consecutive session on July 17, offloaded equities worth Rs 3,694 crore. However, downside remained capped as market participants took note of a private report stated that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may go for another cut in the policy rate of 25 basis points (bps) in the upcoming August policy meeting, bringing it down to 5.25 per cent. In afternoon session, index continued its choppy trade till the end of the session. Finally, index closed below 25,000 mark.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except Media, Metal and IT stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Dalmia Bharat, NMDC, and Steel Authority of India. On the other hand, the top losers were Samvardhana Motherson International, Axis Bank and Bharat Dynamics. 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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