Nifty snaps 5-day losing streak on Monday

12 Jan 2026 Evaluate

Snapping five-day losing streak, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended higher on Monday. Index made a slightly negative start and soon extended its losses amid Persistent foreign fund outflow weighted on market sentiments.  As per exchange data, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equity worth Rs 3,769.31 crore on Friday. Further, some cautiousness came with Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) report stating that India's forex reserves dropped by $9.80 billion to $686.80 billion in the week to January 2. However, in afternoon session, market wiped out all losses and entered into green terrain. Market participants took sigh of bliss as US ambassador-designate Sergio Gor’s optimistic comments about a bilateral trade deal between India and US. Further, he stated that no country is as essential than India for Washington and both sides are actively engaged in firming up a trade deal. In last leg of the trade, index continued its firm trade near day’s high level and ended above 25,750 mark.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Metal, PSU Bank and FMCG Auto stocks, while selling was witnessed in Media, Realty and Pharma. The top gainers from the F&O segment were BSE, Premier Energies and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency. On the other hand, the top losers were Prestige Estates Projects, Laurus Labs and UNO Minda. 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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