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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 computed

Realty lagged the market: ▼ -2.70% on Nifty Realty, closing 848.50.

No news narrative was written for this session, so this is the largest sector index move rather than a judged catalyst. The desk's stance for this sector is WATCH, which is a valuation-and-quality reading and does not move with one 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.

Sector performance

This session's index move, next to the desk's standing stance. The stance is a valuation-and-quality reading over years — it does not move because an index had a good day. Sectors with no listed NSE index show — for the session columns; the stance still applies.

SectorIndexSession Idx P/EStance
Banks Nifty Bank · 13 researched 56,606.55 ▲ +0.24% 13.4 AVOID
Information Technology Nifty IT · 16 researched 28,921.50 ▲ +0.11% 18.4 ACCUMULATE
Financial Services Nifty Financial Services · 5 researched 25,545.40 ▲ +0.10% 15.7 WATCH
Hospitality & Tourism Nifty India Tourism · 6 researched 7,732.05 ▲ +0.09% 87.2 WATCH
Pharmaceuticals Nifty Pharma · 11 researched 26,532.40 ▼ -0.09% 41.1 AVOID
Healthcare & Hospitals Nifty Healthcare Index · 3 researched 16,492.10 ▼ -0.16% 43.2 WATCH
FMCG Nifty FMCG · 4 researched 45,053.75 ▼ -0.29% 31.3 WATCH
Energy & Power Nifty Energy · 11 researched 37,935.20 ▼ -0.75% 14.7 WATCH
Automobiles Nifty Auto · 21 researched 27,304.50 ▼ -0.86% 31.7 WATCH
Metals & Mining Nifty Metal · 8 researched 12,999.05 ▼ -2.30% 15.8 WATCH
Realty Nifty Realty · 5 researched 848.50 ▼ -2.70% 36.0 WATCH
Capital Goods no listed index · 7 researched WATCH
Chemicals no listed index · 3 researched WATCH
Commercial Services no listed index · 3 researched WATCH
Construction & Materials no listed index · 6 researched WATCH
Diversified & Other no listed index · 1 researched WATCH
Packaging & Plastics no listed index WATCH
Retail & Consumer no listed index · 1 researched WATCH
Telecom & Media no listed index · 2 researched WATCH
Textiles & Apparel no listed index · 2 researched WATCH
Logistics & Transport no listed index · 1 researched AVOID

Movers in the universe

Largest moves among the 1433 tracked names this session, against the 2026-09-10 close.

CompanyCallPrev CloseMove
AWFIS Space Solutions Ltd AWFIS AVOID ₹249.60 ₹293.20 ▲ +17.47%
Raymond Ltd RAYMOND HOLD ₹853.85 ₹1,002.80 ▲ +17.44%
Pine Labs Ltd PINELABS AVOID ₹173.17 ₹202.17 ▲ +16.75%
Filatex India Ltd FILATEX HOLD ₹76.25 ₹87.41 ▲ +14.64%
SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd SMSPHARMA HOLD ₹417.45 ₹463.45 ▲ +11.02%
Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd KOTIC AVOID ₹151.21 ₹133.82 ▼ -11.50%
Cochin Shipyard Ltd COCHINSHIP AVOID ₹1,520.40 ₹1,381.00 ▼ -9.17%
IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd IOLCP HOLD ₹211.43 ₹194.31 ▼ -8.10%
Ratnaveer Precision Engineering Ltd RATNAVEER HOLD ₹310.60 ₹288.30 ▼ -7.18%
Kennametal India Ltd KENNAMET HOLD ₹5,027.90 ₹4,682.40 ▼ -6.87%

Set aside as undetermined: PGIL (▼ -50.06%). A move this large over one session is usually a bonus, split or demerger rather than a price change, and a close-only series cannot tell the two apart — so it is neither listed as a mover nor quietly dropped.

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 (15)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
AEGISLOG ₹1,353.60 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
ALKYLAMINE ₹1,867.50 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

Top Stories

No narrative was written for this session. Stories, and the news catalyst input to the sector stances, come from the morning research agent; when it has not run, the stances below renormalise over their three remaining inputs rather than assuming a neutral headline.

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 · 11 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 · 11 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 · 5 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 · 3 researched WATCH 59.4 54.0 68.7 58.2 0/12/64/23
Construction & Materials 127 scanned · 6 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 · 2 researched WATCH 56.0 50.0 62.6 61.0 0/5/30/12
Retail & Consumer 67 scanned · 1 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.