Indian equity markets ended higher, buoyed by strong buying in heavyweight stocks, particularly Reliance Industries, which surged more than 9% and lent significant support to the benchmark indices. On the downside, analysts say 23,200 forms the immediate support for Nifty, followed by the 23,000 zone. Holding above these levels remains important to sustain the current bullish momentum.

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Tech View: Immediate support is placed at 23,150–23,100, while resistance is seen at 23,500 and 23,700. A buy-on-dips strategy is recommended, keeping a strict stop-loss at 22,900.

India VIX: India VIX, which is a measure of the fear in the markets, rose 1.3% to settle at 15.50 levels.

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Stocks in F&O ban today

2) SAIL

Securities in the ban period under the F&O segment include companies in which the security has crossed 95% of the market-wide position limit.

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Foreign portfolio investors net bought shares worth Rs 3,115 crore on Monday. DIIs, meanwhile, were net sellers at Rs 392 crore.

The rupee fell 10 paise to close at 94.86 against the US dollar on Monday, weighed down by a firm greenback in overseas markets.

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