Daily Brief

Daily Brief - Fri, 31 Jul, 2026, 11:17 IST

Market Outlook

The Indian market closed marginally positive, with NIFTY 50 gaining 0.17%, primarily driven by robust FII inflows. Sectoral performance was bifurcated, seeing strong buying interest in Auto, Realty, and Financial Services, while the IT sector experienced significant selling pressure. This led to a mixed market breadth despite the overall index uptick and a low VIX at 11.8025.

Key Takeaways

NIFTY 50 and SENSEX closed marginally up, supported by FII buying.
Auto (+1.69%), Realty (+0.9%), and Financial Services (+0.8%) were top performing sectors.
IT sector saw significant declines, with NIFTY IT down 1.69% and major IT stocks among top losers.
FIIs recorded strong net buying of 3623.51cr, while DIIs were net sellers at 1864.03cr.
Market breadth was almost even (30 advances / 28 declines), reflecting mixed sentiment.

FII / DII Activity

FII Net

+3,623.51 cr

DII Net

−1,864.03 cr

As of 2026-07-30

Market Cues

NIFTY 50

24,358.2

+0.17%

SENSEX

77,969.73

+0.05%

NASDAQ

25,122.178

+2.78%

GOLD

4,162.8

+1.61%

INDIA VIX

11.803

-2.90%

Market Sectors

NIFTY BANK

57,194.1

+0.08%

NIFTY IT

30,668.5

-1.69%

NIFTY PHARMA

26,522.45

+0.67%

NIFTY AUTO

28,756.4

+1.69%

NIFTY METAL

12,740.95

+0.31%

NIFTY ENERGY

38,544.25

+0.60%

NIFTY REALTY

907.6

+0.90%

NIFTY FIN SERVICE

28,949.4

+0.80%

NIFTY FMCG

49,174.2

-0.94%

Top Gainers & Losers

Top Gainers

Ticker	Name	LTP	Change
BAJFINANCE	Bajaj Finance	1,126.30	+6.91%
BAJAJFINSV	Bajaj Finserv	1,996.70	+4.57%
M&M	Mahindra & Mahindra	3,423.00	+4.24%
DIVISLAB	Divi's Laboratories	8,004.50	+2.16%
GAIL	GAIL India	176.69	+1.76%

Top Losers

Ticker	Name	LTP	Change
BRITANNIA	Britannia Industries	5,371.00	-2.78%
TCS	Tata Consultancy Services	2,372.00	-2.46%
INFY	Infosys	1,131.90	-2.01%
WIPRO	Wipro	183.52	-1.51%
ITC	ITC	281.30	-1.32%

52-Week High & Low

Near 52-Week High

TITANTitan Company

4,858.50−0.17%

BAJAJ-AUTOBajaj Auto

11,524.00−0.18%

BAJFINANCEBajaj Finance

1,126.30−0.24%

SUNPHARMASun Pharmaceutical

2,013.50−0.42%

APOLLOHOSPApollo Hospitals

8,992.50−0.49%

DIVISLABDivi's Laboratories

8,004.50−1.00%

PIDILITINDPidilite Industries

1,618.30−1.20%

NESTLEINDNestle India

1,508.90−1.55%

Near 52-Week Low

HDFCLIFEHDFC Life Insurance

548.05+0.93%

Mid-Session

Mid-Session - Fri, 31 Jul, 2026, 16:33 IST

Session Summary

Two genuine sell signals identified: Mankind Pharma (MANKIND.BO) due to a significant drop despite strong earnings, and HDFC Bank (HDFCBANK.NS) due to ongoing investigations into potential securities law violations.

Alerts(2)

High

MANKINDMankind Pharma

Significant drop despite strong Q1 FY27 earnings, attributed to sequential numbers, higher tax rates, and speculative interest, indicating fundamental and technical shifts.

drawdown>3%volume>2x avg

High

HDFCBANKHDFC Bank

US shareholder law firm investigations into potential federal securities law violations over alleged irregular payments pose significant fundamental risk and impact investor sentiment.

below 50DMA support

Portfolio Scan

Ticker	Price	Change	Note
ABREL ABREL	₹1,418.1	+2.90%	+2.9% vs prev close, vol 2.1x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
ACE ACE	₹1,070.1	+0.97%	+1.0% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
AMBUJACEM AMBUJACEM	₹432.2	-0.46%	-0.5% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
APOLLOHOSP APOLLOHOSP	₹8,955	-0.35%	-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
ASTRAL ASTRAL	₹1,448.6	-1.58%	-1.6% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
BDL BDL	₹1,252.8	+1.12%	+1.1% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
BHARTIARTL BHARTIARTL	₹1,972	+0.78%	+0.8% vs prev close, vol 1.1x avg
BRIGADE BRIGADE	₹579.9	+2.59%	+2.6% vs prev close, vol 4.6x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
BSOFT BSOFT	₹302.4	-1.31%	-1.3% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
CASTROLIND CASTROLIND	₹185.25	+0.24%	+0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
CENTRALBK CENTRALBK	₹30.97	-0.16%	-0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
DALBHARAT DALBHARAT	₹1,798.9	+0.28%	+0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.1x avg
DIXON DIXON	₹14,049	-2.02%	-2.0% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
DLF DLF	₹659.3	+0.68%	+0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
FIRSTCRY FIRSTCRY	₹212.26	+0.16%	+0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
GODREJCP GODREJCP	₹1,070.4	-0.16%	-0.2% vs prev close, vol 1.1x avg
HAVELLS HAVELLS	₹1,260.7	-0.08%	-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
HCLTECH HCLTECH	₹1,346.5	-0.50%	-0.5% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
HDFCBANK HDFCBANK	₹748.15	-0.77%	-0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
HEROMOTOCO HEROMOTOCO	₹5,382.7	+1.08%	+1.1% vs prev close, vol 1.9x avg
HINDALCO HINDALCO	₹974.45	+0.42%	+0.4% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
HINDUNILVR HINDUNILVR	₹2,101.3	-0.31%	-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
ICICIBANK ICICIBANK	₹1,435.4	+0.10%	+0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
IIFL IIFL	₹608.65	+0.13%	+0.1% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
INFY INFY	₹1,130.1	-2.16%	-2.2% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
IREDA IREDA	₹119.6	-0.17%	-0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
ITC ITC	₹281	-1.42%	-1.4% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
ITCHOTELS ITCHOTELS	₹162.37	+1.14%	+1.1% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
JINDALSTEL JINDALSTEL	₹1,102.4	+0.80%	+0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
JIOFIN JIOFIN	₹256.46	+3.85%	+3.9% vs prev close, vol 1.9x avg
JKPAPER JKPAPER	₹390.55	+3.22%	+3.2% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
JWL JWL	₹258.85	-0.06%	-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
KALYANKJIL KALYANKJIL	₹612.6	-3.47%	-3.5% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg — flags: drawdown>3%
KAMATHOTEL KAMATHOTEL	₹166.99	-0.03%	-0.0% vs prev close, vol 1.7x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
KOTAKBANK KOTAKBANK	₹390.3	+0.23%	+0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
LICI LICI	₹424.7	+0.44%	+0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
LODHA LODHA	₹1,244.2	-3.33%	-3.3% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg — flags: drawdown>3%
M&M M&M	₹3,396.35	+3.58%	+3.6% vs prev close, vol 1.4x avg
MANKIND MANKIND	₹2,469.9	-4.15%	-4.2% vs prev close, vol 3.9x avg — flags: drawdown>3%, volume>2x avg
MAXHEALTH MAXHEALTH	₹1,098.5	-2.34%	-2.3% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
NEWGEN NEWGEN	₹555.85	+0.40%	+0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
NHPC NHPC	₹78.68	+0.69%	+0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
PRESTIGE PRESTIGE	₹1,616.2	+1.34%	+1.3% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
PSB PSB	₹23.19	+0.87%	+0.9% vs prev close, vol 1.1x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
PVRINOX PVRINOX	₹1,130.6	-0.08%	-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
RELIANCE RELIANCE	₹1,307.3	+1.00%	+1.0% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
SBIN SBIN	₹1,027.4	+0.20%	+0.2% vs prev close, vol 1.1x avg
TATASTEEL TATASTEEL	₹189.8	+1.52%	+1.5% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
TCS TCS	₹2,365.6	-2.72%	-2.7% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
TMPV TMPV	₹339.75	+1.72%	+1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
TVSMOTOR TVSMOTOR	₹4,313.1	+2.49%	+2.5% vs prev close, vol 2.2x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
ULTRACEMCO ULTRACEMCO	₹11,903	+0.47%	+0.5% vs prev close, vol 1.3x avg
VBL VBL	₹442.3	-2.01%	-2.0% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
VMM VMM	₹107.1	-0.73%	-0.7% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
WIPRO WIPRO	₹183.6	-1.48%	-1.5% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg