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Beyond the headline indices, we’re now tracking market breadth, new highs and lows, sector and thematic performance, delivery data, F&O positioning, global markets, commodities, flows, and more. We’re also looking at ways to transform this raw data into insights that are actually useful for traders and investors.
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Markets Today
Nifty opened with a small 28-point gap down at 23,035, following mixed global cues and continued weakness in domestic market sentiment. The index recovered sharply immediately after the open, climbing above 23,110, but the move quickly reversed as Nifty slipped towards 23,050. Another recovery attempt took the index back towards 23,100 around 10 AM, but gains again proved difficult to sustain.
Nifty remained volatile through the rest of the first half, largely oscillating between 23,050 and 23,100, before settling around the 23,060-23,080 zone by noon.
Weakness picked up after 12:30 PM, with Nifty gradually sliding to an intraday low near 23,020 around 1:30 PM. However, the trend changed sharply after 2 PM, when a sudden bout of buying pushed the index above 23,150. Nifty gave up some of those gains immediately but remained firmly above 23,100 through the rest of the session.
The index then consolidated in the 23,110–23,130 range before a final push higher in the closing minutes. Nifty eventually settled at 23,140.50, around 105 points above its opening level, recovering strongly from the day’s lows after a volatile session.
Fear & Greed Index
The Fear & Greed Index improved from 27 to 37 but remained in the fear zone. Cheaper downside hedging helped sentiment, while weak trend and defensive stocks outperforming continued to weigh.
Market Breadth
Breadth was almost evenly split at 1,140 advancers versus 1,146 decliners, while only 29.1% of Nifty 500 stocks were above their 50-day average. New 52-week lows outnumbered highs 16 to 5.
52 Week Highs & Lows
Sectoral Indices Performance
Consumer Durables (+0.95%) led as 10 of 15 sectors gained, while Healthcare (-0.47%) lagged. Pharma and Healthcare remain the strongest longer-term sectors, while FMCG and PSU Banks are improving over the shorter horizon.
Winners & Losers
Delivery Data
Whirlpool jumped 7.67% on 26× usual volume, while Engineers India gained 6.40%. Nuvama Wealth recorded the sharpest delivery spike, while 360 One Wam saw the biggest rise in implied volatility.
SLB Borrowing
Global Markets
Commodities
Institutional Flows & Participant Positioning
FIIs remain heavily short with just 11.4% of index-futures positions long, while 53% of futures positions have rolled to the next month.
Thematic Indices
Tijori’s niche indices, where today’s move sorts pockets of the market beyond standard sector baskets. You can also track promoter buying and other interesting stuff, like Capex activity by the companies in the Tijori App’s idea dashboard
F&O Corner
Options price a roughly 189-point move either way into September 29 expiry, while PCR rose from 0.81 to 0.97 as put writers became busier.
Options imply a 23,000–23,378 range, with the heaviest put OI at 23,000 and call OI at 24,000. The 23,000 put level is particularly important as it sits inside the options-implied range.
Top Stories in India
Indian government bonds weakened, with a sixth straight weekly loss, as the US Treasury sell-off and a large domestic debt auction weighed on sentiment. The benchmark 10-year yield touched 7.1391%, a four-month high, before closing around 7.10%. Dive deeper
India’s forex reserves fell $14.88 billion to $765.9 billion in the week ended September 18, following a $4.92 billion decline in the previous week. Foreign currency assets accounted for most of the fall, dropping $14.82 billion to $630.98 billion. Dive deeper
The Centre plans to borrow ₹7.86 lakh crore in H2 FY27, including ₹15,000 crore through sovereign green bonds. Full-year market borrowing has been cut by ₹1.20 lakh crore to ₹15.995 lakh crore, from the budgeted ₹17.20 lakh crore. Dive deeper
Biocon received UK MHRA approval for a new fill-finish unit for Semglee (insulin glargine) at its Malaysia insulin facility. The same production line had received EMA approval in July. Dive deeper
Natco Pharma’s board approved a rights issue of up to ₹1,279.35 crore. The company plans to issue up to 1.71 crore shares at ₹750 apiece. Dive deeper
Nykaa has partnered with L’Oréal’s venture capital arm BOLD to co-invest in high-growth Indian beauty and personal-care startups. The partnership expands Nykaa’s involvement in the beauty ecosystem beyond retail and distribution. Dive deeper
Top Stories Globally
Crude fell to around $93 per barrel, snapping a two-day rally, on reports that the US and Iran are discussing a phased deal that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift the US blockade on Iranian ports. Qatar is reportedly mediating talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Dive deeper
Google is preparing to launch its first prototype satellite to test AI hardware in orbit under Project Suncatcher. The project is exploring whether near-constant solar power in low Earth orbit could eventually support large-scale AI computing infrastructure in space. Dive deeper
US equity funds recorded their first inflows in five weeks, attracting a net $37.6 billion, the largest weekly inflow since June 17. Renewed optimism around AI and easing oil prices helped revive investor demand. Dive deeper
Long-term US Treasury yields surged to multi-decade highs amid concerns over energy-driven inflation, resilient growth and government spending. The 30-year yield reached 5.48%, its highest since 2004, while the 10-year yield touched 5.20%. Dive deeper
Management Chatter
In this section, we highlight interesting comments from management at major companies and from policymakers in the Indian and Global Economies.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the proposed Merchant Discount Rate (MDR):
"This is not a tax, this is not a cess, this is not even a surcharge. And the collection is not coming to the Consolidated Fund of India."
The charge would be shared among multiple participants in the payment ecosystem to help maintain technology infrastructure and support improvements and innovation in digital payments.
“This is not at all anything to do with the government.” - Link
Tata Motors MD Shailesh Chandra on commodity-linked inflation & hit on margin:
“The greater worry is the uncertainty. Whether this is all that was supposed to happen or whether a part of the commodity side will keep being uncertain and be under pressure,” he told reporters ahead of a new car launch.
“It is not possible to pass on these increases to the market at the speed at which costs have increased ... which creates immense margin pressure,” - Link
The week ahead & Corporate Actions
Corporate Actions
Published by Zerodha. Not investment advice. Data from NSE, BSE, and MCX.
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make what each chart shows in BOLD ; say % distance from ema , % return ;
painful time consuming read lately
Two parts of this report describe different days.
Ten of fifteen sectors closed green and the index finished 105 points above where it opened. Read the sector table and it was a decent Friday.
Then look at the stock level. Advances and declines finished level. New lows beat new highs. And the share of the Nifty 500 above its 50-day average slipped to 29.1% — the lowest of the week, on a day the market went up.
Sector indices are cap-weighted. The advance-decline line is not. When the sectors are green and the stock list is flat, the day belongs to a handful of large names.
Your Fear and Greed note gets close to it — weak trend, defensives outperforming — but that reads as an explanation for a sentiment score rather than as the story of the day.
Relief in the index. Not yet in the market.