Extending loses for second consecutive session, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty settled deeply in red on Monday as escalated geopolitical tensions weighted on market sentiments. Index began the session with cut of around two percent in morning deals after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran over the weekend. Further, sentiments remained dampened as exchange data showed that Foreign institutional investors (FII’s) offloaded equities worth Rs 7,536.36 crore on Friday. In afternoon session, index continued its choppy trade in red terrain as traders opted to remained on side line ahead of weekly F&O expiry. Besides, Investors were worried that the conflict could result into Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz which accounts for around 20% of global oil flow, spiking the global crude oil prices. However, in last leg of the session, index pared some losses but ultimately ended near 24,850 mark.
Most of the sectorial indices ended in red led by Auto, Consumer Durables and Oil & Gas. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Solar Industries India, Tube Investments of India and Muthoot Finance. On the other hand, the top losers were InterGlobe Aviation, Larsen & Toubro and Rail Vikas Nigam. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 24900 - 25100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.
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