Daily Brief

Daily Brief - Fri, 7 Aug, 2026, 10:04 IST

Market Outlook

Indian benchmark indices NIFTY 50 and SENSEX closed slightly negative, despite positive contributions from IT and Auto sectors. The market breadth indicated more declining stocks, while financial services dragged. Domestic institutional investors showed strong buying interest, offsetting marginal foreign institutional selling.

Key Takeaways

  • NIFTY 50 and SENSEX posted minor losses of -0.09% and -0.34% respectively.
  • IT (+1.95%) and Auto (+1.03%) sectors were significant outperformers.
  • NIFTY FIN SERVICE (-0.56%) was the weakest sector, with top losers BAJFINANCE and BAJAJFINSV.
  • Market breadth was negative with 25 advances against 32 declines.
  • DIIs were strong net buyers with 4014cr, offsetting FII selling of 18cr.

FII / DII Activity

FII Net

−18 cr

DII Net

+4,014 cr

As of 2026-08-06

Market Cues

NIFTY 50

24,613.6

-0.09%

SENSEX

78,685.91

-0.34%

NASDAQ

26,348.352

-0.06%

GOLD

4,292.3

-0.17%

INDIA VIX

12.418

+2.14%

Market Sectors

NIFTY BANK

57,928.2

-0.23%

NIFTY IT

31,712

+1.95%

NIFTY PHARMA

26,505.9

-0.22%

NIFTY AUTO

29,414.25

+1.03%

NIFTY METAL

13,109.85

-0.11%

NIFTY ENERGY

38,785.25

+0.26%

NIFTY REALTY

890.15

+0.37%

NIFTY FIN SERVICE

29,156.5

-0.56%

NIFTY FMCG

49,544.1

+0.35%

Top Gainers & Losers

Top Gainers

TickerNameLTPChange
BRITANNIABritannia Industries5,600.00+3.62%
TCSTata Consultancy Services2,449.70+3.23%
HEROMOTOCOHero MotoCorp5,711.00+2.89%
TECHMTech Mahindra1,665.80+2.06%
HCLTECHHCL Technologies1,361.90+2.01%

Top Losers

TickerNameLTPChange
BAJFINANCEBajaj Finance1,101.00-3.83%
BAJAJFINSVBajaj Finserv2,013.20-3.49%
GAILGAIL India173.95-1.39%
PIDILITINDPidilite Industries1,668.00-1.07%
GRASIMGrasim Industries3,189.90-0.93%

52-Week High & Low

Near 52-Week High

NESTLEINDNestle India
1,544.700.24%
TITANTitan Company
4,988.000.30%
APOLLOHOSPApollo Hospitals
8,961.000.98%
PIDILITINDPidilite Industries
1,668.001.09%
BAJAJ-AUTOBajaj Auto
11,697.001.34%
ICICIBANKICICI Bank
1,452.801.84%

Near 52-Week Low

HDFCBANKHDFC Bank
734.60+1.09%
HDFCLIFEHDFC Life Insurance
541.00+1.98%

Mid-Session

Mid-Session - Fri, 7 Aug, 2026, 14:59 IST

Session Summary

Three stocks, GODREJCP.NS, CASTROLIND.BO, and ABREL.NS, show potential genuine sell signals due to significant negative price movements on high volume, warranting further investigation.

Alerts(3)

Medium
GODREJCPGODREJCP

Godrej Consumer Products is down significantly by 2.9% with unusually high volume (3.9x average). The substantial negative price movement coupled with high volume suggests a genuine underlying concern or significant selling pressure that warrants immediate investigation.

volume>2x avg
Medium
CASTROLINDCASTROLIND

Castrol India is down 1.0% with high volume (3.5x average). This price drop and high volume are not due to an ex-dividend event and could signal genuine selling interest.

volume>2x avg
Medium
ABRELABREL

Aditya Birla Real Estate is down 0.8% with 2.2x average volume. The elevated volume on a down move, without any apparent positive news, suggests it could be a genuine sell signal.

volume>2x avg

Portfolio Scan

TickerPriceChangeNote
ABREL
ABREL
1,380.1-0.77%-0.8% vs prev close, vol 2.2x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
ACE
ACE
1,095.05-1.62%-1.6% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
AMBUJACEM
AMBUJACEM
432.2-0.99%-1.0% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
APOLLOHOSP
APOLLOHOSP
8,951.95+1.58%+1.6% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
ASTRAL
ASTRAL
1,442.7+0.05%+0.0% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
BDL
BDL
1,295.25-0.13%-0.1% vs prev close, vol 1.4x avg
BHARTIARTL
BHARTIARTL
1,955.3+0.37%+0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
BRIGADE
BRIGADE
580.2+1.17%+1.2% vs prev close, vol 4.0x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
BSOFT
BSOFT
318.55+0.11%+0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
CASTROLIND
CASTROLIND
192.3-0.98%-1.0% vs prev close, vol 3.5x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
CENTRALBK
CENTRALBK
31.34-0.44%-0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
DALBHARAT
DALBHARAT
1,819.7-0.24%-0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.1x avg
DIXON
DIXON
14,095-0.74%-0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
DLF
DLF
645.8+0.59%+0.6% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
FIRSTCRY
FIRSTCRY
215+0.52%+0.5% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
GODREJCP
GODREJCP
1,046.1-2.90%-2.9% vs prev close, vol 3.9x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
HAVELLS
HAVELLS
1,282-0.27%-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
HCLTECH
HCLTECH
1,354.9+1.04%+1.0% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
HDFCBANK
HDFCBANK
730.75-0.48%-0.5% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
HEROMOTOCO
HEROMOTOCO
5,729.8+1.94%+1.9% vs prev close, vol 1.9x avg
HINDALCO
HINDALCO
1,044.95+1.75%+1.7% vs prev close, vol 1.5x avg
HINDUNILVR
HINDUNILVR
2,098+0.89%+0.9% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
ICICIBANK
ICICIBANK
1,419.7-2.59%-2.6% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
IIFL
IIFL
606.6-0.45%-0.5% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
INFY
INFY
1,177.3+1.06%+1.1% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
IREDA
IREDA
120-0.99%-1.0% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
ITC
ITC
285-0.31%-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
ITCHOTELS
ITCHOTELS
169.74-0.78%-0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
JINDALSTEL
JINDALSTEL
1,099.6-0.13%-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
JIOFIN
JIOFIN
258.15-1.88%-1.9% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
JKPAPER
JKPAPER
387.2-0.51%-0.5% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
JWL
JWL
259.5-0.97%-1.0% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
KALYANKJIL
KALYANKJIL
608.4+1.74%+1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
KAMATHOTEL
KAMATHOTEL
170.86-0.70%-0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
KOTAKBANK
KOTAKBANK
389.15-1.23%-1.2% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
LICI
LICI
393.75+1.60%+1.6% vs prev close, vol 3.0x avg — flags: volume>2x avg, below 50DMA support
LODHA
LODHA
1,212.6-1.17%-1.2% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
M&M
M&M
3,488.45+2.15%+2.2% vs prev close, vol 1.2x avg
MANKIND
MANKIND
2,449.9+0.78%+0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
MAXHEALTH
MAXHEALTH
1,068.8-0.34%-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
NEWGEN
NEWGEN
551.65+1.73%+1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.1x avg
NHPC
NHPC
76.99-1.23%-1.2% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
PRESTIGE
PRESTIGE
1,577.1-0.06%-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
PSB
PSB
23.96+0.08%+0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
PVRINOX
PVRINOX
1,157+0.57%+0.6% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
RELIANCE
RELIANCE
1,326.75+0.13%+0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
SBIN
SBIN
1,099+1.29%+1.3% vs prev close, vol 2.5x avg — flags: volume>2x avg
TATASTEEL
TATASTEEL
187.3-1.06%-1.1% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
TCS
TCS
2,446.4+3.09%+3.1% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
TMPV
TMPV
346.2+0.71%+0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
TVSMOTOR
TVSMOTOR
4,437.7+1.43%+1.4% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
ULTRACEMCO
ULTRACEMCO
12,012-0.52%-0.5% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
VBL
VBL
441.3-0.61%-0.6% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
VMM
VMM
108.72-0.73%-0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
WIPRO
WIPRO
187.15+0.67%+0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg