Nifty ends marginally lower amid RBI’s rate cut pause

06 Aug 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended marginally lower on Wednesday amid the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) rate cut pause. Index made a flat-to-negative start following mixed cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index turned volatile and extended its losses. Market participants avoided risky bid ahead US President Donald Trump’s 24-hour warning regarding tariffs imposition on India. Sentiments remined weak after Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), chaired by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, decided to keep policy rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent and retained the neutral stance, weighed by concerns over tariff uncertainties. Also, the growth rate projection for FY26 retained at 6.5 per cent. However, in late afternoon session, index showed some recovery from initial losses but unable to maintained it till the end of the session and closed below 24,600 mark.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except PSU Bank stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were IIFL Finance, Union Bank of India and Tube Investments of India. On the other hand, the top losers were Bosch, PG Electroplast and Kaynes Technology India. 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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