Nifty ends higher on Tuesday

17 Feb 2026 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark – Nifty ended in green on Tuesday led by gains in IT and TECK sectors' stocks. Market made negative start and remained lower for little time amid persistent fund outflows. Foreign institutional investors offloaded equities worth Rs 972.13 crore on Monday. However, index wiped out its losses and turned positive as positive developments in the India-US trade deal. Some support came as Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said that a team of Indian officials will visit the U.S. next week to finalise the legal text for an interim trade agreement, which is likely to be signed in March. In volatile trading session, market managed to trade in green during afternoon session. Traders took note of report that the government said the country's exports rose marginally by 0.61 per cent to $36.56 billion in January. Sentiments were positive with a report stating that trade agreements with the US and the 27-nation bloc European Union (EU) have opened up an opportunity of $400 billion for India's agriculture sector. Finally, Nifty ended above 25,700 mark. 

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Metal, Realty and Oil & Gas. The top gainers from the F&O segment were One 97 Communications, Delhivery and Bank of Baroda. On the other hand, the top losers were SRF, Swiggy and Multi Commodity Exchange of India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 26900 - 27100 calls and 24900 - 25100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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