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Post Session: Quick Review
Aug-12-2026

Indian equity markets ended in negative territory amid uncertainty about the reopening the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran indicated the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until its conditions have been met. Investors also remained cautious ahead of CPI inflation data from the India and U.S., which could provide further clues on the future course of interest rates. However, markets erased most of their losses during the dying hours of the session, supported by continued buying activity from foreign institutional investors (FIIs), who purchased Indian equities worth Rs 258.55 crore on August 11.

Both the Nifty and Sensex recovered from the day’s lows but ended marginally lower amid broad-based selling pressure in heavyweight stocks. IT sectors emerged as key drags on the benchmarks. Meanwhile, Tata Group stocks fell following reports of Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran’s resignation, leading to selling pressure across the group’s listed companies. TCS and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles were among the key laggards.

Some of the important factors in trade:

India’s net direct tax collection rises 23% to Rs 8.11 lakh crore as of August 10 in FY27: Traders paid no heed to the government’s data showing that India’s net direct tax collections rose by 23.09 per cent to over Rs 8.11 lakh crore as of August 10 in the current fiscal year (FY27). 

India’s growth momentum remains strong, Q1FY27 GDP growth likely at 8%: Traders overlooked SBI Research in its latest report stating that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is likely to rise to 8% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (Q1FY27), higher than the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 7% growth projection.

Legacy urea plants to suffer 25% profitability cut due to stringent energy norms: The rating agency -- Crisis Ratings has said that the tightening of energy-efficiency norms announced on July 30, 2026 is likely to structurally reset the profitability of legacy urea plants.

On the global front: European markets were trading mostly higher, despite Germany's consumer prices grew 2.8 percent year-on-year in July, faster than the 2.3 percent increase seen in June. Asian markets ended mostly in green after Japan's machine tool order growth remained sharp in July, though the rate of increase eased since June. 

The BSE Sensex ended at 77966.35, down by 187.90 points or 0.24% after trading in a range of 77497.93 and 78263.33. There were 6 stocks advancing against 24 stocks declining on the index. (Provisional)

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Telecom up by 1.89%, PSU up by 0.73%, Capital Goods up by 0.73%, Bankex up by 0.61%, and Metal up by 0.34%, while IT down by 1.41%, FMCG down by 0.82%, Healthcare down by 0.78%, Realty down by 0.71%, and Utilities down by 0.55% were the top losing indices on BSE. (Provisional)

The top gainers on the Sensex were State Bank of India up by 1.22%, Power Grid Corporation of India up by 0.35%, Bharat Electronics up by 0.32%, Asian Paints up by 0.29% and Interglobe Aviation up by 0.21%. On the flip side, TCS down by 4.48%, Tata Steel down by 2.02%, Infosys down by 1.83%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.79% and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone down by 1.32% were the top losers. (Provisional)

Meanwhile, as demand for critical industrial inputs continues to rise, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the Government is stepping up efforts to strengthen the resilience of supply chains and reduce sourcing concentration across critical sectors. Goyal said energy, fertilisers, electronics, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and critical minerals have been identified as strategic manufacturing sectors requiring stronger supply-chain resilience and greater diversification.

He further noted that the government is strengthening India’s energy security through higher domestic production, diversified sourcing and expanded refining infrastructure, while also promoting ethanol blending, biofuels, strategic petroleum reserves and renewable energy. Further, domestic fertiliser production met nearly 73 per cent of the country’s overall requirement in 2025.

Highlighting the importance of critical minerals, Goyal said minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, rare-earth elements and copper are essential for clean-energy technologies, electric vehicles, electronics, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing. He said the National Critical Mineral Mission seeks to secure both domestic and overseas supplies while strengthening the entire value chain, from exploration and mining to processing, recycling and advanced manufacturing. He also added that critical minerals are also being prioritised in India’s trade and investment engagements, including free trade agreement negotiations.   

The CNX Nifty ended at 24435.95, down by 35.75 points or 0.15% after trading in a range of 24265.95 and 24473.30. There were 17 stocks advancing against 30 stocks declining on the index, while 3 stocks remained unchanged. (Provisional)

The top gainers on Nifty were Hindalco Industries up by 2.80%, Bharti Airtel up by 1.56%, State Bank of India up by 1.50%, JIO Financial Serv. up by 1.31% and Ultratech Cement up by 0.94%. On the flip side, TCS down by 3.93%, Max Healthcare Inst. down by 3.13%, Apollo Hospital Ent. down by 1.75%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.63% and Tata Consumer Products down by 1.49% were the top losers. (Provisional)

European markets were trading mostly in green; Germany’s DAX gained 113.98 points or 0.43% to 26,505.40 and UK’s FTSE 100 increased 11.58 points or 0.11% to 10,855.77, while France’s CAC fell 11.34 points or 0.13% to 8,703.60.

Asian markets ended mostly higher on Wednesday ahead of release of US CPI report. Investors were optimistic after Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that the US and Iran are close to some sort of an arrangement and things are shaping up again in favour of a peace arrangement or a deal. Chinese markets gained as technology stocks led the recovery. Japanese markets rose as a weakening yen fuelled expectations that the Bank of Japan might implement additional interest rate hikes as early as September to counter rising import costs and inflation risks. 

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

3,946.68

12.59

0.32

Hang Seng

25,440.17

-212.65

-0.83

Jakarta Composite

6,373.85

105.97

1.66

KLSE Composite

1,741.61

10.15

0.59

Nikkei 225

67,524.06

553.84

0.83

Straits Times

5,720.75

-33.42

-0.58

KOSPI Composite

6,579.04

233.51

3.68

Taiwan Weighted

45,518.07

397.35

0.87
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