Extending its gaining steak for third straight session, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty – ended higher with notable gains on Monday ahead of Q2FY26 earnings season. Index made positive start following broadly mixed cues from global markets. Soon, index gained traction and continued its trade in green terrain following value buying in IT and financial shares. Sentiments remained optimistic as the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that greater collaboration between businesses of India and Singapore will help boost trade and investment ties between the two countries. Further, traders took some support with the Global Trade Research Initiative's (GTRI) report stating that Joint ventures in energy infrastructure, technology collaboration, and cross-border investments can help reduce India's trade deficit with Qatar.
Investors overlooked the report that growth of India's services sector eased in September from the recent high in August, as new business and activity expanded at slower rates. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index fell to 60.9 in September, from a 15-year high of 62.9 in August, amid competitive conditions and cost-control measures. In second half of the session, index added more gains and continued its green trend till the end of the session. Finally, Nifty ended the session above 25,050 mark.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Media, Metal and FMCG stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Fortis Healthcare, FSN E-Commerce Ventures and Max Healthcare Institute. On the other hand, the top losers were Vodafone Idea, Avenue Supermarts and Sammaan Capital. 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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