Selling in dying hour of trade drags nifty to end lower

24 Nov 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended lower on Monday ahead of monthly F&O expiry. Index made a positive start following broadly positive cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index pared some of its gains and started wavering near neutral line. Some cautiousness came with Foreign Fund outflow. As per exchange data, Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,766.05 crore on Friday. Further, traders were cautious as Crisil in its latest report stated that India's merchandise exports fell 11.8 per cent year-on-year, since August 2024, to $34.38 billion in October 2025. It stated this follows a 50 per cent increase in US tariffs on August 27, 2025, a move that has subdued exports for the second month in a row. However, in dying hour of trade, index fall sharply into the red terrain. Traders overlooked report that S&P Global Ratings projected India's economy to grow 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal year and 6.7 per cent in the next, saying tax cuts and monetary policy easing will give a boost to consumption-driven growth. Finally, index ended below 26,000 mark.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except IT stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Rail Vikas Nigam, NBCC (India) and SBI Life Insurance Company. On the other hand, the top losers were Sammaan Capital, CG Power and Industrial Solutions and Hindustan Aeronautics. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 26000 - 26200 calls and 25900 - 26100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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