Daily Report

Daily Report - Mon, 3 Aug, 2026, 11:25 IST

Market Summary

The Indian market concluded with broad-based gains across major indices, driven by robust institutional buying from both DIIs and FIIs. Key sectors like IT, FMCG, and Financial Services significantly contributed to the rally, while market breadth remained strong. This positive sentiment, coupled with a relatively low VIX, suggests potential for continued upward momentum before the open.

Key Takeaways

  • NIFTY 50 closed up 0.88% at 24598.35, with SENSEX gaining 0.83%.
  • IT (+1.56%), FMCG (+1.42%), and Financial Services (+1.05%) were the leading sectors.
  • Market breadth was strongly positive with 49 advances against 9 declines.
  • DIIs were significant net buyers at 2260.37cr, supported by FII buying of 277.48cr.
  • Top gainers included Divis Lab (+5.0%) and ITC (+2.9%).
  • India VIX remained subdued at 11.975.

Top Stories & Market Intelligence

  • Macro & Policy - Economic Times

    RBI MPC meeting begins, 'hawkish pause' on repo rate expected amidst inflation concerns

  • Global Cues - Reuters

    Crude oil prices fall sharply, FIIs continue buying, boosting Indian market amidst mixed global cues

  • Earnings - Moneycontrol

    DLF, Bharti Airtel, ONGC, LIC, SBI, Mankind Pharma among key companies in focus for Q1 FY27 earnings

    DLF, BHARTIARTL, ONGC, LIC, SBIN, MANKIND, THERMAX
  • Sectoral - Business Standard

    Indian benchmark indices recover; Auto, Financial Services, and Media sectors lead gains

  • Corporate Actions - Livemint

    Britannia appoints new strategy head; several companies announce dividends; new F&O Closing Auction Session introduced

    BRITANNIA, BANNARI, COFORGE, EMKAY, ICICIBANK
  • Stocks in Focus - Moneycontrol

    Choice Broking recommends buy on New India Assurance, GAIL, Jio Financial Services, Ramkrishna Forgings, and Cholamandalam

    NIACL, GAIL, JIOFIN, RKFORGE, CHOLAFIN

Street Consensus & Brokerage Radar

TickerBrokerageActionTargetRationale
NIACLChoice Brokingbuy190Recommended as a buy at ₹173, with a target of ₹190 and a stop loss of ₹165.
GAILChoice Brokingbuy197Recommended as a buy at ₹181, with a target of ₹197 and a stop loss of ₹173.
JIOFINChoice Brokingbuy280Recommended as a buy at ₹256, with a target of ₹280 and a stop loss of ₹245.
RKFORGEChoice Brokingbuy711Recommended as a buy at ₹651, with a target of ₹711 and a stop loss of ₹620.
CHOLAFINChoice Brokingbuy2,018Recommended as a buy at ₹1849, with a target of ₹2018 and a stop loss of ₹1771.
BHARTIARTLChoice Brokingbuy2,060Recommended as a buy in Cash @ 1972, Stop Loss @ 1895, Target @ 2060.
M&MHDFC Securitiesaccumulate4,087Maintained an 'Add' rating with a target price of Rs 4,087, implying a potential upside of approximately 24% from its last closing price of Rs 3,278.
BAJFINANCEMotilal Oswalbuy0Mentioned positive views on Bajaj Finance.
RRKABLEMotilal Oswalbuy0Recommended as a top stock to buy for the week starting August 3, 2026.
KFINTECHMotilal Oswalbuy0Recommended as a top stock to buy for the week starting August 3, 2026.
WESTLIFEElara Securitiesbuy0Expressed positive sentiment on Westlife Foodworld.
CHALETElara Securitiesbuy0Expressed positive sentiment on Chalet Hotels.

Corporate Actions & Calendar

DateTickerTypeName
2026-08-03AMIRCHANDresultsAmir Chand Jagdish Kumar (Exports) Limited
2026-08-03ARTEMISMEDresultsArtemis Medicare Services Limited
2026-08-03ATHERresultsAther Energy Limited
2026-08-03AVADHSUGARresultsAvadh Sugar & Energy Limited
2026-08-03BHARATGEARresultsBharat Gears Limited
2026-08-03BUTTERFLYresultsButterfly Gandhimathi Appliances Limited
2026-08-03CAMSresultsComputer Age Management Services Limited
2026-08-03DLFresultsDLF Ltd.
2026-08-03ESCORTSresultsEscorts Kubota Ltd.
2026-08-03GESHIPresultsGreat Eastern Shipping Company Ltd.
2026-08-03GLAXOresultsGlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
2026-08-03GULFOILLUBresultsGulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd.
2026-08-03ICICIBANKdividendICICI Bank Ltd.
2026-08-03TRANSRAILdividendTransrail Lighting Limited
2026-08-03SAISILKdividendSai Silks (Kalamandir) Limited
2026-08-03KANPURPLASdividendKanpur Plastipack Limited
2026-08-03COFORGEdividendCoforge Limited
2026-08-03KAKATIYACEMdividendKakatiya Cement Sugar & Industries Limited
2026-08-03BANARISPINdividendBannari Amman Spinning Mills Limited
2026-08-03EMKAYdividendEmkay Global Financial Services Limited
2026-08-04ONGCresultsOil and Natural Gas Corporation
2026-08-04SUNPHARMAresultsSun Pharmaceutical Industries
2026-08-04BHARTIARTLresultsBharti Airtel
2026-08-04ALEMBICLTDdividendAlembic Limited
2026-08-04PCBLdividendPCBL Chemical Limited
2026-08-04ANDHRAPAPdividendAndhra Paper Limited
2026-08-04CEINFOdividendC.E. Info Systems Limited (Mapmyindia)
2026-08-04EMBASSYdividendEmbassy Office Parks REIT
2026-08-04GROBTEAdividendThe Grob Tea Company Limited
2026-08-04TCPLPACKdividendTCPL Packaging Ltd
2026-08-04HINDRECTdividendHind Rectifiers Ltd
2026-08-04BALKRISINDdividendBalkrishna Industries Ltd
2026-08-04BOSCHLTDdividendBosch Ltd
2026-08-04MYSOREPETROdividendMysore Petro Chemicals Ltd
2026-08-04AUTOAXLESdividendAutomotive Axles Ltd
2026-08-04MUNJALSHOWdividendMunjal Showa Ltd
2026-08-04GOODYEARdividendGoodyear India Ltd
2026-08-04ADFFOODSdividendADF Foods Ltd
2026-08-04BERGEPAINTdividendBerger Paints (India) Ltd
2026-08-04ORIENTAROMdividendOriental Aromatics Ltd
2026-08-04BAYERCROPdividendBayer Cropscience Ltd
2026-08-04FERMENTAdividendFermenta Biotech Ltd
2026-08-04ANUHPHRMAdividendAnuh Pharma Ltd
2026-08-04TEMBOsplitTembo Global Industries Ltd
2026-08-05POWERGRIDresultsPower Grid Corporation of India
2026-08-05HDFCBANKresultsHDFC Bank
2026-08-05HEROMOTOCOresultsHero MotoCorp
2026-08-05HDFCBANKagmHDFC Bank
2026-08-05HEROMOTOCOagmHero MotoCorp
2026-08-06TRENTresultsTrent Ltd.
2026-08-06IPCALABdividendIpca Laboratories Ltd.
2026-08-06GRASIMdividendGrasim Industries Ltd.
2026-08-06PIINDdividendPI Industries Ltd.
2026-08-06CHENNPETROdividendChennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
2026-08-06JASCHdividendJasch Gauging Technologies Ltd.
2026-08-06STEELCASTdividendSteel Cast Ltd.
2026-08-06BNRATHIdividendB N Rathi Securities Ltd.
2026-08-06RUBICONdividendRubicon Research Ltd.
2026-08-06BDHINDdividendBDH Industries Ltd.
2026-08-06JOJOsplitJOJO Ltd
2026-08-06TOHEALsplitToheal Pharma
2026-08-06SAKETHEXIMsplitSaketh Exim
2026-08-07HINDALCOresultsHindalco Industries
2026-08-07SBINresultsState Bank of India
2026-08-07TITANresultsTitan Company
2026-08-07QUESSdividendQuess Corp Limited
2026-08-10ZYDUSLIFEresultsZydus Lifesciences Ltd.
2026-08-10ESABINDIAresultsEsab India Ltd.
2026-08-10FOSECOINDresultsFoseco India Ltd.
2026-08-10GUJENERresultsGujarat Energy Ltd.
2026-08-10IFCIresultsIFCI Ltd.
2026-08-10INSECTICIDresultsInsecticides (India) Ltd.
2026-08-10NCLRESCresultsNCL Research and Financial Services Ltd.
2026-08-12APOLLOHOSPresultsApollo Hospitals Enterprise
2026-08-12GRASIMresultsGrasim Industries
2026-08-12HCLTECHagmHCL Technologies
2026-08-13RELIANCEresultsReliance Industries
2026-08-14SBILIFEagmSBI Life Insurance

FII / DII Activity

FII Net

+277.48 cr

DII Net

+2,260.37 cr

As of 2026-07-31

Market Cues

NIFTY 50

24,598.35

+0.88%

SENSEX

78,744.59

+0.83%

NASDAQ

25,373.854

+1.00%

GOLD

4,107

-1.29%

INDIA VIX

11.975

+1.87%

Market Sectors

NIFTY BANK

57,815.2

+0.96%

NIFTY IT

31,188.95

+1.56%

NIFTY PHARMA

26,657.5

+0.46%

NIFTY AUTO

28,949.45

+0.71%

NIFTY METAL

12,841.75

+0.97%

NIFTY ENERGY

38,878.1

+0.38%

NIFTY REALTY

905.4

+0.44%

NIFTY FIN SERVICE

29,360.3

+1.05%

NIFTY FMCG

49,817.9

+1.42%

Top Gainers & Losers

Top Gainers

TickerNameLTPChange
DIVISLABDivi's Laboratories8,460.00+5.02%
ITCITC289.10+2.88%
TCSTata Consultancy Services2,432.20+2.82%
INFYInfosys1,160.90+2.73%
BAJAJFINSVBajaj Finserv2,083.80+2.70%

Top Losers

TickerNameLTPChange
GAILGAIL India173.17-4.56%
SUNPHARMASun Pharmaceutical1,963.90-1.34%
BHARTIARTLBharti Airtel1,954.60-0.88%
APOLLOHOSPApollo Hospitals8,898.00-0.66%
TECHMTech Mahindra1,644.00-0.44%

52-Week High & Low

Near 52-Week High

TITANTitan Company
4,891.90−0.25%
DIVISLABDivi's Laboratories
8,460.00−0.47%
PIDILITINDPidilite Industries
1,630.20−0.47%
NESTLEINDNestle India
1,520.00−0.82%
BAJAJ-AUTOBajaj Auto
11,493.00−0.84%
BAJFINANCEBajaj Finance
1,159.00−1.48%
APOLLOHOSPApollo Hospitals
8,898.00−1.67%

Near 52-Week Low

HDFCLIFEHDFC Life Insurance
550.20+1.33%
Session Close Surveillance

Market Close & Portfolio Surveillance

16:15 IST

Session Summary

One genuine sell signal was identified for HDFC Bank due to poor earnings and ongoing investigations, while other alerts were deemed noise amidst generally positive market sentiment.

Alerts(1)

High
HDFCBANKHDFCBANK

Despite broader market positivity, HDFC Bank is under significant pressure due to disappointing Q1 FY27 earnings and ongoing US law firm investigations into alleged federal securities law violations, indicating underlying weakness and lack of investor confidence.

below 50DMA support

Portfolio Scan

TickerPriceChangeNote
ABREL
ABREL
₹1,432.1+0.99%+1.0% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
ACE
ACE
₹1,103.95+3.16%+3.2% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
AMBUJACEM
AMBUJACEM
₹444+2.73%+2.7% vs prev close, vol 1.6x avg
APOLLOHOSP
APOLLOHOSP
₹8,820-1.51%-1.5% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
ASTRAL
ASTRAL
₹1,435.6-0.90%-0.9% vs prev close, vol 1.1x avg
BDL
BDL
₹1,255+0.18%+0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
BHARTIARTL
BHARTIARTL
₹1,970.5-0.08%-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
BRIGADE
BRIGADE
₹581.25+0.23%+0.2% vs prev close, vol 2.2x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
BSOFT
BSOFT
₹321.6+6.35%+6.3% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
CASTROLIND
CASTROLIND
₹185.75+0.27%+0.3% vs prev close, vol 1.6x avg
CENTRALBK
CENTRALBK
₹31.47+1.61%+1.6% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
DALBHARAT
DALBHARAT
₹1,828.35+1.64%+1.6% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
DIXON
DIXON
₹13,892-1.12%-1.1% vs prev close, vol 1.1x avg
DLF
DLF
₹668.55+1.40%+1.4% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
FIRSTCRY
FIRSTCRY
₹214.61+1.11%+1.1% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
GODREJCP
GODREJCP
₹1,085.9+1.45%+1.4% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
HAVELLS
HAVELLS
₹1,285+1.93%+1.9% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
HCLTECH
HCLTECH
₹1,362.1+1.16%+1.2% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
HDFCBANK
HDFCBANK
₹753+0.65%+0.6% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
HEROMOTOCO
HEROMOTOCO
₹5,422+0.73%+0.7% vs prev close, vol 1.3x avg
HINDALCO
HINDALCO
₹994.9+2.10%+2.1% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
HINDUNILVR
HINDUNILVR
₹2,138+1.75%+1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
ICICIBANK
ICICIBANK
₹1,460+1.71%+1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
IIFL
IIFL
₹617.85+1.51%+1.5% vs prev close, vol 1.1x avg
INFY
INFY
₹1,180+4.42%+4.4% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
IREDA
IREDA
₹122.9+2.76%+2.8% vs prev close, vol 2.8x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
ITC
ITC
₹287+2.14%+2.1% vs prev close, vol 2.7x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
ITCHOTELS
ITCHOTELS
₹165.22+1.76%+1.8% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
JINDALSTEL
JINDALSTEL
₹1,105.1+0.24%+0.2% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
JIOFIN
JIOFIN
₹263+2.55%+2.6% vs prev close, vol 1.5x avg
JKPAPER
JKPAPER
₹385.75-1.23%-1.2% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
JWL
JWL
₹264.65+2.24%+2.2% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
KALYANKJIL
KALYANKJIL
₹608-0.75%-0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
KAMATHOTEL
KAMATHOTEL
₹170.15+1.89%+1.9% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
KOTAKBANK
KOTAKBANK
₹397.5+1.84%+1.8% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
LICI
LICI
₹428.5+0.89%+0.9% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
LODHA
LODHA
₹1,233.8-0.84%-0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
M&M
M&M
₹3,385.5-0.32%-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
MANKIND
MANKIND
₹2,474.45+0.18%+0.2% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
MAXHEALTH
MAXHEALTH
₹1,100.4+0.17%+0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
NEWGEN
NEWGEN
₹562.05+1.12%+1.1% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
NHPC
NHPC
₹79.81+1.44%+1.4% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
PRESTIGE
PRESTIGE
₹1,670+3.33%+3.3% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
PSB
PSB
₹23.74+2.37%+2.4% vs prev close, vol 1.8x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
PVRINOX
PVRINOX
₹1,141.4+0.96%+1.0% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
RELIANCE
RELIANCE
₹1,309+0.13%+0.1% vs prev close, vol 1.4x avg
SBIN
SBIN
₹1,045+1.71%+1.7% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
TATASTEEL
TATASTEEL
₹189.1-0.37%-0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
TCS
TCS
₹2,473.7+4.57%+4.6% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
TMPV
TMPV
₹346.45+1.97%+2.0% vs prev close, vol 1.7x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
TVSMOTOR
TVSMOTOR
₹4,389+1.76%+1.8% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
ULTRACEMCO
ULTRACEMCO
₹12,054+1.27%+1.3% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
VBL
VBL
₹445+0.61%+0.6% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
VMM
VMM
₹111.2+3.83%+3.8% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
WIPRO
WIPRO
₹187+1.85%+1.9% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg