Daily Brief

Daily Brief - Wed, 26 Aug, 2026, 08:59 IST

Market Outlook

The Indian market concluded on a positive note with NIFTY 50 and SENSEX posting gains, primarily supported by robust domestic institutional buying. Sectoral performance was varied, as Pharma and IT led the advances, while Banking, Metal, and Energy indices experienced marginal declines. The positive market breadth and continued DII inflows suggest a stable to cautiously optimistic start to today's trading session.

Key Takeaways

NIFTY 50 closed up +0.48% at 24334.55 and SENSEX gained +0.15%.
Pharma (+0.85%) and IT (+0.57%) were the top performing sectors.
NIFTY BANK (-0.02%), NIFTY METAL (-0.07%), and NIFTY ENERGY (-0.07%) saw slight declines.
Market breadth was positive with 35 advances against 23 declines.
DIIs were strong net buyers at 2493.41cr, complemented by FII net buying of 1181.66cr.
VIX remains low at 11.075, indicating subdued volatility.

FII / DII Activity

FII Net

+1,181.66 cr

DII Net

+2,493.41 cr

As of 2026-08-25

Market Cues

NIFTY 50

24,334.55

+0.48%

SENSEX

77,656.09

+0.15%

NASDAQ

26,151.299

+0.66%

GOLD

4,717.6

+0.42%

INDIA VIX

11.075

-3.90%

Market Sectors

NIFTY BANK

57,514.2

-0.02%

NIFTY IT

30,771.8

+0.57%

NIFTY PHARMA

26,564

+0.85%

NIFTY AUTO

29,216.9

+0.40%

NIFTY METAL

13,372.3

-0.07%

NIFTY ENERGY

38,310.85

-0.07%

NIFTY REALTY

917.8

+0.08%

NIFTY FIN SERVICE

28,565.55

+0.35%

NIFTY FMCG

47,706.95

+0.38%

Top Gainers & Losers

Top Gainers

Ticker	Name	LTP	Change
ADANIENT	Adani Enterprises	3,110.00	+3.72%
DIVISLAB	Divi's Laboratories	8,744.50	+2.92%
APOLLOHOSP	Apollo Hospitals	8,889.00	+2.15%
BPCL	Bharat Petroleum	318.10	+1.99%
ADANIPORTS	Adani Ports & SEZ	1,702.70	+1.83%

Top Losers

Ticker	Name	LTP	Change
HDFCLIFE	HDFC Life Insurance	546.70	-1.13%
CIPLA	Cipla	1,422.00	-1.11%
ONGC	Oil & Natural Gas Corp	234.00	-1.08%
HEROMOTOCO	Hero MotoCorp	5,624.50	-1.06%
DLF	DLF	682.95	-0.88%

52-Week High & Low

Near 52-Week High

DIVISLABDivi's Laboratories

8,744.50−0.00%

BAJAJ-AUTOBajaj Auto

11,927.00−0.00%

TITANTitan Company

5,124.80−0.84%

JSWSTEELJSW Steel

1,320.30−1.10%

APOLLOHOSPApollo Hospitals

8,889.00−1.78%

Near 52-Week Low

DABURDabur India

395.05+0.74%

HINDUNILVRHindustan Unilever

2,024.20+0.90%

HDFCBANKHDFC Bank

727.50+1.73%

Mid-Session

Mid-Session - Wed, 26 Aug, 2026, 14:38 IST

Session Summary

Only VBL.NS presented a genuine high-severity sell signal due to a significant price drop on high volume and fundamental concerns, while other 'below 50DMA support' alerts were identified as market noise.

Alerts(1)

High

VBLVarun Beverages Ltd.

Significant price drop (down 3.8%) on exceptionally high volume (5.4x average), indicating strong selling conviction, compounded by recent correction and reports of extended rainfall affecting beverage demand and modest volume growth.

below 50DMA supportdrawdown >3%volume >2x average

Portfolio Scan

Ticker	Price	Change	Note
ABREL ABREL	₹1,389.6	-1.31%	-1.3% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
ACE ACE	₹1,165	+0.91%	+0.9% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
AMBUJACEM AMBUJACEM	₹421.85	+2.12%	+2.1% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
APOLLOHOSP APOLLOHOSP	₹8,804	-0.83%	-0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.1x avg
ASTRAL ASTRAL	₹1,530.3	-0.63%	-0.6% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
BDL BDL	₹1,372.6	+1.00%	+1.0% vs prev close, vol 1.3x avg
BHARTIARTL BHARTIARTL	₹1,915.3	-1.63%	-1.6% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
BRIGADE BRIGADE	₹649.7	-1.84%	-1.8% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
BSOFT BSOFT	₹293.55	+0.79%	+0.8% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
CASTROLIND CASTROLIND	₹186.25	-0.35%	-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
CENTRALBK CENTRALBK	₹30.86	+0.36%	+0.4% vs prev close, vol 1.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
DALBHARAT DALBHARAT	₹1,869.95	+1.87%	+1.9% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
DIXON DIXON	₹14,736	-1.69%	-1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg
DLF DLF	₹678.85	-0.60%	-0.6% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
FIRSTCRY FIRSTCRY	₹192.15	+0.06%	+0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
GODREJCP GODREJCP	₹930.6	+0.15%	+0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
HAVELLS HAVELLS	₹1,260.4	-0.69%	-0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
HCLTECH HCLTECH	₹1,300	-0.91%	-0.9% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
HDFCBANK HDFCBANK	₹727.95	+0.06%	+0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
HEROMOTOCO HEROMOTOCO	₹5,651.15	+1.00%	+1.0% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
HINDALCO HINDALCO	₹1,055.55	+0.43%	+0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
HINDUNILVR HINDUNILVR	₹2,022.5	-0.08%	-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
ICICIBANK ICICIBANK	₹1,436	+0.93%	+0.9% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
IIFL IIFL	₹654.9	-1.70%	-1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
INFY INFY	₹1,122.2	-1.91%	-1.9% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
IREDA IREDA	₹118.4	-1.33%	-1.3% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
ITC ITC	₹270.7	-0.26%	-0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
ITCHOTELS ITCHOTELS	₹166.53	+0.17%	+0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
JINDALSTEL JINDALSTEL	₹1,177	+1.98%	+2.0% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
JIOFIN JIOFIN	₹242.2	-0.39%	-0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
JKPAPER JKPAPER	₹393.55	+1.20%	+1.2% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
JWL JWL	₹247.4	+0.08%	+0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
KALYANKJIL KALYANKJIL	₹612.7	+0.02%	+0.0% vs prev close, vol 0.2x avg
KAMATHOTEL KAMATHOTEL	₹223.12	-1.80%	-1.8% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
KOTAKBANK KOTAKBANK	₹415.85	+3.55%	+3.5% vs prev close, vol 1.7x avg
LICI LICI	₹416.6	-1.75%	-1.7% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
LODHA LODHA	₹1,279.2	-0.14%	-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
M&M M&M	₹3,424	-0.42%	-0.4% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
MANKIND MANKIND	₹2,401.3	+1.45%	+1.4% vs prev close, vol 0.9x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
MAXHEALTH MAXHEALTH	₹1,016	0.00%	+0.0% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
NEWGEN NEWGEN	₹524.95	-0.12%	-0.1% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg
NHPC NHPC	₹76.23	-0.42%	-0.4% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
PRESTIGE PRESTIGE	₹1,619.6	-0.21%	-0.2% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
PSB PSB	₹23.55	+0.94%	+0.9% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
PVRINOX PVRINOX	₹1,261.4	+2.47%	+2.5% vs prev close, vol 0.8x avg
RELIANCE RELIANCE	₹1,303.2	-0.72%	-0.7% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
SBIN SBIN	₹1,055.3	+0.70%	+0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.4x avg
TATASTEEL TATASTEEL	₹186.35	-0.03%	-0.0% vs prev close, vol 1.0x avg
TCS TCS	₹2,271.8	-1.06%	-1.1% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
TMPV TMPV	₹314.8	+0.25%	+0.3% vs prev close, vol 0.3x avg — flags: below 50DMA support
TVSMOTOR TVSMOTOR	₹4,451.1	+0.70%	+0.7% vs prev close, vol 0.7x avg
ULTRACEMCO ULTRACEMCO	₹11,728	+1.63%	+1.6% vs prev close, vol 0.6x avg
VBL VBL	₹421.3	-3.81%	-3.8% vs prev close, vol 5.4x avg — flags: drawdown>3%, volume>2x avg, below 50DMA support
VMM VMM	₹110.34	-1.92%	-1.9% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg
WIPRO WIPRO	₹177.45	-1.36%	-1.4% vs prev close, vol 0.5x avg