Snapping four-day losing streak, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended marginally higher on Thursday. Market made a slightly negative start but soon gained some traction during the morning session. Market participants opted to buy fundamentally good stock as lower levels. Sentiments were optimistic as Fitch Ratings in its latest report raised India's GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal (FY26) to 7.4 per cent, from 6.9 per cent in September, on increased consumer spending and improved sentiment boosted by GST reforms. Besides, Traders took some support with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s statement that India's exports, which fell by about 12 per cent in October, registered healthy growth in November 2025. However, in second half of the session, index trimmed most of its gains and started wavering near neutral line. But in dying hour of trade, market managed to extend gains and ended above 26,000 mark.
Traders were seen piling up positions in IT, Realty and FMCG stocks, while selling was witnessed in Media, Consumer Durables and Oil & Gas. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Petronet LNG, Bharat Dynamics and Coforge. On the other hand, the top losers were Hitachi Energy India, Kaynes Technology India and Patanjali Foods. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 26900 - 27100 calls and 25900 - 26100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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