Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended lower on Monday ahead of monthly F&O expiry. Despite making slightly positive start, soon index wiped out all gains and entered into red terrain. Some cautiousness came with continued Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) fund outflow. As per exchange data, FII offloaded equities worth Rs 317.56 crore on Friday. Besides, traders overlooked Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal’s statement that the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) delivered sustained export growth, deeper market access, and stronger supply-chain resilience, benefiting Indian exporters, MSMEs, farmers, and workers alike. In afternoon session, index extended its losses and continued its southward journey till the end of the session. Finally, nifty ended below 25,950 mark.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in red except Media, FMCG and PSU Bank stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were HFCL, Housing & Urban Development Corporation and Tata Steel. On the other hand, the top losers were Indian Railway Finance Corporation, Rail Vikas Nigam and Dixon Technologies (India). 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.
India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short-term expectation of volatility increased by 6.22% and reached 9.72. The 50 share Nifty down by 100.20 point or 0.38% to settle at 25,942.10.
Nifty December 2025 futures closed at 25955.80 (LTP) on Monday, at a premium of 13.70 points over spot closing of 25942.10, while Nifty January 2026 futures ended at 26119.00 (LTP), at a premium of 1
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