Nifty ends significantly higher amid value buying

16 Oct 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended significantly higher on Thursday amid value buying. Index made a positive start and continued its trade in green terrain. Sentiments were optimistic with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s statement that the IMF's upward revision of India's GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.6 per cent reflects the country's economic resilience and strong fundamentals. Further, renewed foreign fund inflow also lifted investors sentiments. As per exchange data, Foreign institutional investors (FII) bought equities worth Rs 68.64 crore on Wednesday. In afternoon session, market extended its gains and continued its northwards journey till the end of the session. Traders took some support as commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that India’s merchandise exports grew 6.74 per cent to $36.38 billion in September 2025 as compared to $34.08 billion in September 2024. Imports jumped by 16.6 per cent year-on-year to $68.53 billion in September 2025 as compared to $58.74 billion in September 2024. Finally, index closed above 25,550 marks. 

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except PSU Bank stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Oberoi Realty, Nestle India and Cyient. On the other hand, the top losers were KEI Industries, Eternal and Max Financial Services. 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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