Nifty ends flat with negative bias on Thursday

18 Dec 2025 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended flat with negative bias on Thursday. Index made a negative start following broadly negative cues from wall street overnight amid concerns over valuation of technology stocks. But in a while, market entered into green terrain. Traders took sigh of bliss as FII turned positive on Wednesday. As per exchange data, foreign institutional investors (FII) bought equities worth Rs 1,171.71 crore. In afternoon session, market continued to trade in green. Traders took some support with the report stated that India- Oman trade pact will provide greater market access to domestic products such as petroleum, machinery, rice, iron and steel articles. However, in dying hour of the trade, index wiped out all gains and turned negative. Traders avoided risky bid ahead of US inflation data, which will released later in the day. Finally, index ended below 25,850 mark.

Traders were seen piling up positions in IT, Consumer Durables and Realty stocks, while selling was witnessed in Media, Auto and Chemicals. The top gainers from the F&O segment were HDFC Asset Management Company, PB Fintech and Kfin Technologies. On the other hand, the top losers were Hitachi Energy India, Indian Oil Corporation and Cummins India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 25900 - 26100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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