Daily market briefing — 18 Mar 2026
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MarketPing Score · how the day added up
No AI commentary was written for this session.
VIX +3Flows -8Nifty trend +5Global -7Breadth +10
Nifty 50
23,777.80
+0.83%
Sensex
76,704.13
+0.83%
Bank Nifty
55,326.05
+0.82%
India VIX
18.72
−5.41%
FPI net (cash)
−₹4,284 Cr
Indian indices
Where the session closed — headline benchmarks with the day's range, then the broader market.
Nifty 50+0.83%
23,777.80
O 23,632.90 · prev 23,581.15
L 23,618.45H 23,862.25
Sensex+0.83%
76,704.13
O 76,367.55 · prev 76,070.84
L 76,187.92H 77,000.22
Nifty Bank+0.82%
55,326.05
O 54,927.05 · prev 54,876.00
L 54,689.10H 55,554.15
Nifty 10024,446.45+0.86%Nifty 50021,917.40+1.14%Nifty Next 5065,668.50+0.99%Nifty Midcap 10056,289.85+2.02%Nifty Smallcap 10016,179.15+1.67%India VIX18.72−5.41%
Sector heatmap
Every Nifty sector index, best to worst — where the rotation went.
Best · Nifty Media +3.35%Worst · Nifty Metal −0.10%
+3.35%1,352
+2.78%29,559
+2.75%731
+1.92%25,599
+1.72%35,796
+1.16%8,967
+0.88%26,296
+0.79%25,927
+0.76%8,662
+0.63%11,197
+0.45%10,049
+0.45%36,142
+0.32%9,510
+0.21%14,470
+0.16%22,633
−0.05%48,079
−0.10%11,625
Flows & breadth
Who was buying — and how much of the market joined the move.
Institutional flows · net, ₹ crore
FPI equity · NSDL, cash market−₹4,284 Cr
FPI debt · NSDL+₹233 Cr
FPI MTD −₹79,080 Cr
Market breadth · NSE
2,354 advances56 unchanged615 declines
Advance/decline ratio 3.83 — broad participation
Movers
The day's biggest gainers, losers, and the most traded names (NSE).
Top gainers
1
VALIANTORG
+21.49%
237.16
2
MMTC
+20.36%
63.79
3
USHAFIN
+20.00%
32.40
4
SURANI
+19.94%
59.85
5
JBMA
+19.70%
590.60
Top losers
1
FALCONTECH
−24.60%
11.65
2
DEEDEV
−9.68%
281.80
3
GATECHDVR
−9.30%
0.39
4
GREENLEAF
−8.55%
72.20
5
GROWWLOVOL
−8.55%
10.06
Most active · by value
1
JBMA
₹2.6k Cr
+19.70%
2
WAAREEENER
₹2.5k Cr
+10.34%
3
HDFCBANK
₹2.0k Cr
−0.09%
4
ETERNAL
₹1.8k Cr
+3.54%
5
URBANCO
₹1.7k Cr
+9.80%
Announcements & what's next
The filings that mattered today, and the results calendar for the week ahead.
Top corporate announcements
JBFINDcriticalJBF Industries LtdcriticalNAZARAcriticalMangalam Industrial Finance LtdcriticalJupiter Infomedia LtdcriticalUnistar Multimedia LtdcriticalHDFCBANKhighEMBDLhighEvery important filing this session →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 5006,624.70−1.36%
Dow Jones46,225.15−1.63%
Nasdaq22,152.42−1.46%
Nikkei 22555,239.40+2.87%
Hang Seng26,025.42+0.61%
FTSE 10010,305.30−0.94%
DAX23,502.25−0.96%
Currencies
USD/INR₹92.39+0.12%
EUR/INR₹106.53+0.51%
GBP/INR₹123.01+0.18%
Commodities
Gold$4,889.90−2.22%
Silver$77.24−2.88%
Crude (WTI)$96.32+0.11%
Brent Crude$107.38+3.83%
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