Nifty 50 opens from 24395.85 after a 0.16% decline

Where the benchmarks left off before today's session. Levels and sector moves from the last close are shown below.

Sector performance, latest session

FMCG & Retail+0.33%

Power+0.1%

IT+0.07%

Infra & Industrials-0.07%

Auto-0.25%

Telecom & Internet-0.36%

Banks-0.44%

NBFC & Insurance-0.45%

Oil & Energy-0.5%

Consumer Durables-1.16%

Cement & Materials-1.23%

Metals-1.38%

Source: NSE and BSE closing prices

Nifty 50

-0.16%

Close, 13 AUG 2026

Bank Nifty

-0.43%

Close, 13 AUG 2026

Sensex

-0.18%

Close, 13 AUG 2026

Index trend, rebased to 100

Over the windowNifty 50+1.3%Bank Nifty-0.2%Sensex+0.8%

Source: NSE and BSE closing prices

Key drivers

Market breadth

3 of 13 sectors advanced. Losses outnumbered gains across sectors, so index-level resilience rested on a narrow base. FMCG & Retail led and Metals lagged, a spread of 1.7 points between the two ends of the market.

Currency, commodities & rates

Currency, commodities and rates

Levels not available for this report: USD/INR, Brent crude, Gold, India 10Y.

What matters next

Today's Indian trading session is the one this report looks ahead to.

Coverage for this report is narrower than usual; some developments may not be reflected.

Market internals

Advances and declines

Advancing3

Declining10

of 13 sectors

Broad: most sectors fell.

52-week position

Nifty 50-7.3% off high

22,331.426,328.55

Bank Nifty-6.4% off high

50,275.3561,550.8

Sensex-9.3% off high

71,947.5585,762.01

Where each close sits between its own year’s low and high.