Daily market briefing — 18 Aug 2025

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Bullish

MarketPing Score · how the day added up

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VIX +7Flows -8Nifty trend +5Global -3Breadth +7

Nifty 50

24,876.95

+1.00%

Sensex

81,273.75

+0.84%

Bank Nifty

55,734.90

+0.71%

India VIX

12.34

−0.16%

FPI net (cash)

−₹1,493 Cr

Indian indices

Where the session closed — headline benchmarks with the day's range, then the broader market.

Nifty 50+1.00%

24,876.95

O 24,938.20 · prev 24,631.30

L 24,852.85H 25,022.00

Sensex+0.84%

81,273.75

O 81,315.79 · prev 80,597.66

L 81,202.42H 81,765.77

Nifty Bank+0.71%

55,734.90

O 55,940.60 · prev 55,341.85

L 55,647.65H 56,156.30

Nifty 10025,492.35+1.05%Nifty 50022,931.50+1.11%Nifty Next 5067,399.60+1.34%Nifty Midcap 10057,113.15+1.08%Nifty Smallcap 10017,790.40+1.38%India VIX12.34−0.16%

Sector heatmap

Every Nifty sector index, best to worst — where the rotation went.

Best · Nifty Auto +4.18%Worst · Nifty IT −0.57%

Auto

+4.18%25,127

Consumer Durables

+3.38%38,591

Realty

+2.17%898

Metal

+1.86%9,388

Commodities

+1.34%8,789

FMCG

+1.19%55,304

Fin Services

+1.05%26,609

Pvt Bank

+1.01%26,924

Infra

+0.67%9,051

PSU Bank

+0.41%7,054

Oil & Gas

+0.18%11,017

Energy

+0.04%34,483

Pharma

−0.05%22,141

Healthcare

−0.08%14,633

Media

−0.22%1,649

PSE

−0.38%9,547

−0.57%34,635

Flows & breadth

Who was buying — and how much of the market joined the move.

Institutional flows · net, ₹ crore

FPI equity · NSDL, cash market−₹1,493 Cr

FPI debt · NSDL+₹1,597 Cr

FPI MTD −₹25,047 Cr

Market breadth · NSE

1,813 advances74 unchanged927 declines

Advance/decline ratio 1.96 — broad participation

Movers

The day's biggest gainers, losers, and the most traded names (NSE).

Top gainers

LXCHEM

LAXMI ORGANIC INDUS LTD

+20.25%

219.57

SAROJA

SAROJA PHARMA INDUS IND L

+20.00%

46.80

IFBIND

IFB INDUSTRIES LTD

+19.88%

1,539.30

PENIND

PENNAR INDUSTRIES LTD

+19.61%

255.30

KOTYARK

KOTYARK INDUSTRIES LTD

+19.43%

316.60

Top losers

AGARIND

AGARWAL INDS CORP LTD.

−12.80%

823.35

DATAMATICS

DATAMATICS GLOBAL SER LTD

−10.16%

857.95

PURVFLEXI

PURV FLEXIPACK LIMITED

−10.13%

70.55

DRSCARGO

DRS CARGO MOVERS LIMITED

−10.02%

22.00

PRITI

PRITI INTERNATIONAL LTD

−9.74%

76.72

Most active · by value

MARUTI

MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD.

₹3.0k Cr

+9.18%

M&M

MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD

₹2.0k Cr

+3.49%

HDFCBANK

HDFC BANK LTD

₹1.9k Cr

+0.77%

HEROMOTOCO

HERO MOTOCORP LIMITED

₹1.8k Cr

+5.99%

RELIANCE

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD

₹1.6k Cr

+0.73%

Announcements & what's next

The filings that mattered today, and the results calendar for the week ahead.

Top corporate announcements

GPTHEALTHcriticalGPT Healthcare Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Change in Director(s) of the company.Oxygenta Pharmaceutical LtdcriticalDisclosure under Regulation 30 of SEBI (LODR) Regualtions, 2015 Datacipher LtdcriticalChange in Management Control as per NCLT order.Datacipher LtdcriticalCessation old Board as per NCLT order MTNLcriticalCOMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION 30 OF SEBI (LODR) REGULATIONS, 2015 & SEBI CIRCULARNO SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2019/140 DATED 21.11.2019 INTIMATION OF DEFAULT IN THEPAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL (INSTALMENT) & INTEREST OF BANKS BY MTNL RELINFRAhighReliance Infrastructure Limited has informed the Exchange about Pendency of Litigation(s)/dispute(s) or the outcome impacting the Company GOLDIAMhighGoldiam International Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Revised Outcome of Fund Raising Committee-Allotment'.GPTINFRAhighGPT Infraprojects Limited has informed the Exchange regarding a press release dated August 18, 2025, titled "Press Release on Demise of Shri Dwarika Prasad Tantia, Non-Executive Chairman and Promoter of the Company".

Results & board meetings · next 7 daysFull calendar →

Nothing scheduled in the coming week.

Global cues

World markets, the rupee, and commodities around the Indian close.

Global indices

S&P 5006,449.15−0.01%

Dow Jones44,911.82−0.08%

Nasdaq21,629.77+0.03%

Nikkei 22543,714.31+0.77%

Hang Seng25,176.85−0.37%

FTSE 1009,157.70+0.21%

DAX24,314.77−0.18%

Currencies

USD/INR₹87.51−0.20%

EUR/INR₹101.20−0.86%

GBP/INR₹118.65+0.01%

Commodities

Gold$3,331.70−0.13%

Silver$37.95+0.15%

Crude (WTI)$63.42+0.99%

Brent Crude$66.60+1.14%

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