Extending previous session’s gains, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended higher on Monday amid broad based buying seen across the sectors. Index made optimistic start following positive cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index extended its gains. Sentiments were upbeat amid foreign institutional investors (FII) funds inflow. As per exchange data, FII bought equities worth nearly Rs 1,831 crore on December 19. Also, Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recent report stated that India's forex reserves jumped by $1.689 billion to $688.949 billion during the week ended December 12. In afternoon session, market continued its firm trade and maintained it till the end of the session. Traders took support as a report said that the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will significantly deepen bilateral economic engagement, enhance market access, and promote investment flows. Finally, Nifty ended above 26,150 mark.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Consumer Durables stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Solar Industries India, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and Multi Commodity Exchange of India. On the other hand, the top losers were Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, Dixon Technologies (India) and Sammaan Capital. 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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