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Fri, 11 Sep 2026
1438 companies · 1459 sector slots · 21 sectors · 12 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight

Fed rate-hike odds have flipped sharply higher for the Sept 16 FOMC, adding pressure to an already-weak rupee amid Iran-driven oil volatility.

Market-implied odds of a 25bp Fed hike jumped to roughly 57.5% (from 35.4% a day earlier) after a hawkish Warsh speech and a hot CPI print, reversing what had been a cutting bias earlier this year -- driven by energy-cost inflation from the ongoing Iran conflict. USD/INR sits near record-weak levels around 95.64 against this backdrop, even as Brent has pulled back to $104.61 from a $107-109 spike. For a long-term Indian equity holder, a Fed hiking into an energy shock rather than cutting is a genuine change to the global rate/currency backdrop, not noise -- rate-sensitive and import-cost-exposed sectors are the ones to watch as the meeting resolves this week.

Day ahead

GIFT Nifty points to a firmer open; US closed higher and oil eased, but the Sept 16 FOMC decision is the week's key event.

GIFT Nifty was up 0.51% pre-open at 23,575. US markets closed higher Friday (Dow +0.98%, snapping four losing sessions) as oil and yields paused their Iran-conflict-driven surge; Brent eased to $104.61 after touching $107-109. Nothing fresh on the domestic policy calendar -- the RBI held rates in August and meets again only in October -- but the Sept 15-16 FOMC is now live with hike odds risen sharply, and a weak rupee (~95.64/USD) leaves little room for a surprise.

Calls this session

A change to anything but AVOID publishes only after two consecutive sessions say the same thing; AVOID publishes at once.

Sector stance changed (2)

Awaiting a second session (14)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
AEGISLOG ₹1,353.60 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
ANTELOPUS ₹1,139.35 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
BAJAJ-AUTO ₹11,678.00 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
BLUEJET ₹568.55 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
CARERATING ₹1,650.50 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
IGIL ₹314.30 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
KDDL ₹3,881.90 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
KIRLPNU ₹719.90 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
MIDWESTLTD ₹1,016.40 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
PGIL ₹1,187.70 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
PINELABS ₹202.17 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
PIRAMALFIN ₹2,255.60 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
RACLGEAR ₹1,756.70 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
THERMAX ₹3,682.00 AVOID HOLD if next session holds

Reporting today

NSE's event calendar could not be read, so no results schedule is shown for this session.

Market Overview

IndexClosePoints ChangeP/EP/B
Nifty 50 23,398.10 ▼ -79.70 ▼ -0.34% 19.78 2.83
Nifty Next 50 72,083.70 ▼ -447.20 ▼ -0.62% 19.06 3.21
Nifty 500 22,866.50 ▼ -85.85 ▼ -0.37% 22.16 3.18
Nifty Bank 56,606.55 ▲ +134.60 ▲ +0.24% 13.39 1.70
NIFTY Midcap 100 62,197.20 ▼ -160.15 ▼ -0.26% 29.98 4.28
▲ 952 advancing ■ 40 unchanged ▼ 1639 declining of 2631 equities, vs the 2026-09-10 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -930.90
bought 12,617 · sold 13,548
DII net
▲ +1,968.17
bought 15,110 · sold 13,141
FII / FPI DII
FII / DII daily net cash flow · ₹ crore · scroll to zoom, drag to pan

Source: NSE ind_close_all_20260911 (levels, index P/E and P/B) and the full-market bhavcopy (breadth).

Index P/E from NSE's official daily index file.

Since We Flagged

The desk's track record — the FIRST call made on each standing name, against its call today. Entry price is the close on the day of that first call, read from the cached bhavcopy for that date. "Unchanged" means the original call still stands.

CompanyFirst flaggedVerdict then Verdict nowAt flagNow Move
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri LtdTBZ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY HOLD ₹251.05 ₹526.30 ▲ +109.6%
Waterways Leisure Tourism LimitedCORDELIA Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹830.00 ₹112.85 ▼ -86.4%
Shanthi Gears LtdSHANTIGEAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹388.95 ₹714.95 ▲ +83.8%
TCC Concept LtdTCC Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹253.05 ₹55.32 ▼ -78.1%
India Glycols LtdINDIAGLYCO Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY AVOID ₹1,139.20 ₹279.00 ▼ -75.5%
Genesys International Corporation LtdGENESYS Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID HOLD ₹182.30 ₹307.81 ▲ +68.8%
HEG LtdHEG Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹739.25 ₹266.00 ▼ -64.0%
Milky Mist Dairy Food LtdMILKYMIST Tue, 18 Aug 2026 QUALITY-WAIT unchanged ₹181.50 ₹292.77 ▲ +61.3%
PVP Ventures LtdPVP Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID unchanged ₹40.20 ₹64.82 ▲ +61.2%
Goodluck India LtdGOODLUCK Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY HOLD ₹1,330.00 ₹516.85 ▼ -61.1%
Raymond LtdRAYMOND Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹625.00 ₹1,002.80 ▲ +60.4%
Oriental Aromatics LtdOAL Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID unchanged ₹341.95 ₹532.10 ▲ +55.6%

1426 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most since we flagged them.

Source: data/state.json (call memory) × data/prices/<date>.json.

Top Stories

Hyundai India's Q1 profit fall looks transitory, not structural Automobiles

Hyundai India's MD/CEO said production at the fire-affected Chennai plant has fully normalized and reiterated FY27 guidance of 8-10% volume growth and 11-14% EBITDA margin, supporting the view that the Q1 FY27 35% profit decline was a one-off from the May 2026 Mobis supplier fire rather than a structural franchise issue. Actual Q2 results are not yet out, so this is supportive, not conclusive, evidence.

HYUNDAI

IOL Chemicals' Q1 results back its capex thesis despite the recent price drop Pharmaceuticals

IOL Chemicals posted 37% YoY revenue growth and an 89.9% PAT surge in Q1 FY27, with non-ibuprofen pharma revenue now 43% of the pharma mix (up from 36%) -- evidence the Rs 495 crore capex plan is converting into growth. A GMP certificate for the new Hungary-inspected CDMO facility and a fresh US FDA nod for its ibuprofen plant add supporting milestones. No company-specific negative catalyst was found to explain the session's -8.10% price move.

IOLCP

Brigade's Chennai EC revocation looks contained so far, but litigation is still live Realty

No further environmental-clearance issues or stop-work orders have surfaced at any other Brigade project since the Morgan Heights (Perumbakkam) revocation, and Brigade is contesting the SEIAA order in the Supreme Court. Sector sentiment has otherwise turned sharply positive, but that improvement -- and a 20% intraday jump in Brigade shares -- is tied to an unrelated Rs 214.71 crore preferential warrant issue to Minerva Ventures Fund, not resolution of the EC matter.

BRIGADE

Pine Labs raised FY27 guidance despite a weak Q1 print, but analysts aren't confirming an upgrade yet Financial Services

Pine Labs' Q1 FY27 profit fell 67% QoQ and shares slid on the print, even as management raised FY27 revenue-growth guidance to 21-23.5% and lifted margin guidance. Citi, Morgan Stanley and Emkay all cut price targets while holding their existing ratings -- none moved to an outright positive call, which reads as mixed evidence against the pending AVOID->HOLD confirmation, not for it.

PINELABS

DOMS: the pullback is real but the stock still isn't cheap, and margins just took a hit Retail & Consumer

DOMS is down roughly 29% from its all-time high, but at ~58-59x trailing earnings it is still priced for uninterrupted high-teens growth, and Q1 FY27 EBITDA margin fell to 12.3% from 17.6% on West Asia-linked input inflation. Management calls this the margin trough and has reiterated 18-20% FY27 revenue guidance and a 16-17% FY28 margin target, but that is unproven. Separately, co-promoter FILA has sold down its DOMS stake twice in 18 months, cutting combined promoter holding from 70.4% to 63.4% in a year -- framed as parent-level deleveraging, but worth tracking.

DOMS

Sector Scorecard

Entry score is 40% cheap-vs-history + 25% quality trend + 15% technicals, renormalised over those three — the 20% news catalyst is not counted because no research was written for this session. It is not treated as neutral; it is absent. ≥62 accumulate · 45–61 watch · <45 avoid.

SectorStanceEntryCheap QualityTechNews IndexIdx P/EB/W/H/A
Information Technology 75 scanned · 16 researched ACCUMULATE 62.6 65.4 78.5 28.4 ▲ +0.11% 18.4 0/9/59/7
Banks 40 scanned · 13 researched AVOID 42.7 28.7 52.3 63.9 ▲ +0.24% 13.4 0/0/31/9
Pharmaceuticals 85 scanned · 14 researched AVOID 44.8 20.0 72.0 65.4 ▼ -0.09% 41.1 0/18/56/11
Automobiles 109 scanned · 21 researched WATCH 49.0 24.9 78.6 63.8 ▼ -0.86% 31.7 0/21/77/11
FMCG 106 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 57.1 51.0 68.3 54.7 ▼ -0.29% 31.3 0/21/67/18
Metals & Mining 83 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 49.6 33.0 67.9 63.4 ▼ -2.30% 15.8 0/11/55/17
Realty 38 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 56.7 59.8 52.0 56.6 ▼ -2.70% 36.0 0/1/17/20
Energy & Power 83 scanned · 12 researched WATCH 56.8 50.0 63.4 64.0 ▼ -0.75% 14.7 0/5/45/33
Financial Services 150 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 7 researched WATCH 51.9 52.9 43.6 63.1 ▲ +0.10% 15.7 0/4/96/50
Healthcare & Hospitals 58 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 3 researched WATCH 46.7 22.4 73.8 66.5 ▼ -0.16% 43.2 0/15/38/5
Hospitality & Tourism 38 scanned · 6 researched WATCH 60.9 61.4 67.4 48.5 ▲ +0.09% 87.2 0/4/24/10
Chemicals 99 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 59.4 54.0 68.7 58.2 0/12/64/23
Construction & Materials 127 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 61.1 67.9 60.8 43.6 0/11/73/43
Capital Goods 103 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 50.8 28.0 78.5 65.2 0/14/76/13
Textiles & Apparel 47 scanned · 3 researched WATCH 56.0 50.0 62.6 61.0 0/5/30/12
Retail & Consumer 67 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 58.3 50.0 68.4 63.8 0/9/40/18
Packaging & Plastics 34 scanned WATCH 52.9 38.5 64.7 71.8 0/4/22/8
Logistics & Transport 25 scanned · 1 researched AVOID 44.7 22.6 67.6 65.6 0/3/15/7
Telecom & Media 29 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 53.3 50.0 60.2 50.4 0/1/17/11
Commercial Services 31 scanned · 3 researched WATCH 54.7 53.4 52.8 61.6 0/2/17/12
Diversified & Other 32 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 51.2 41.5 59.7 63.1 0/3/17/12

Source: data/verdicts.json × NSE sector index closes.

Stocks to Watch

Split evenly across large/mid/small/micro cap so this list isn't one tier's picks — new calls first, then the highest long-term composites within each. Micro-cap names are boxed and flagged Highly Volatile — worth watching, not a call to buy — since their price swings run about twice every other tier's. Each card shows the figures that selected it — open the desk for the full six-lens panel.

P/E in the 7th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 19.7% (up 8.7pt over 5y) · Piotroski 7/9
Composite 87.4 Mkt Cap 140,984 cr · Large P/E 41.75 ROCE 19.7% Piotroski 7/9
P/E in the 28th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 19.2% (up 12.2pt over 5y)
Composite 87.2 Mkt Cap 306,586 cr · Large P/E 137.8 ROCE 19.2% Piotroski 5/9
P/E in the 2th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 20.7% (up 31.7pt over 5y) · -31.5% off its 52-week high
Composite 86.9 Mkt Cap 17,889 cr · Mid P/E 24.64 ROCE 20.7% Piotroski 5/9
P/E in the 2th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 26.3% (up 12.3pt over 5y) · -57.4% off its 52-week high
Composite 84.9 Mkt Cap 15,195 cr · Mid P/E 24.34 ROCE 26.3% Piotroski 4/9
P/E in the 2th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 24.3% (up 24.3pt over 5y)
Composite 90.9 Mkt Cap 12,871 cr · Small P/E 59.22 ROCE 24.3% Piotroski 6/9
P/E in the 5th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 87.7 Mkt Cap 13,585 cr · Small P/E 22.28 ROCE 69.2% Piotroski 4/9
new call this session
Highly Volatile
composite 57.1 on quality, timing, valuation
Composite 57.1 Mkt Cap 1,753 cr · Micro P/E 39.21 ROCE 30.8% Piotroski 5/9
new call this session
Highly Volatile
P/E in the 92th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 46.8 Mkt Cap 4,416 cr · Micro P/E 112.3 ROCE 18.8% Piotroski 5/9

How We Evaluate

MetricWhy it is in the frameworkSource
Return on capital, level and trendDurable high ROCE predicts future returns; the trend separates a moat from a good year Novy-Marx 2013 JFE
Gross profitability (GP/assets)As predictive as book-to-market, and less prone to the value trap Novy-Marx 2013 JFE
Piotroski F-scoreA nine-signal accounting checklist that separates real improvers from statistically cheap traps Piotroski 2000 JAR
Cash-flow-to-net-profitAccrual-heavy profit reverts; cash-backed profit persists Sloan 1996 TAR
P/E versus the stock's own historyCheap relative to itself, not to a peer set that may be expensive as a whole Basu 1977 JF
Book-to-marketThe value premium, in its original form Fama–French 1992 JF
EV/EBITDACapital-structure-neutral, so it compares a leveraged firm to an unleveraged one Practitioner standard
Altman Z and interest coverageDistressed firms have delivered lower, not higher, returns — screen them out rather than chase them Altman 1968 JF; Campbell/Hilscher/Szilagyi 2008 JF
52-week-high proximity, 200-DMANearness to the high has predicted continuation — but momentum crashes, so never alone George & Hwang 2004 JF; Daniel & Moskowitz 2016 JFE
Promoter pledgePledged promoter holding is a governance red flag ahead of a forced sale Not currently available from either source — no penalty is applied

Full derivation in METHODOLOGY.md.