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Thu, 10 Sep 2026
1438 companies · 1459 sector slots · 21 sectors · 12 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens

Trend Spotlight computed

Hospitality & Tourism lagged the market: ▼ -0.81% on Nifty India Tourism, closing 7,724.80.

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.

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 (8)

TickerClosePublished PendingNote
DOLPHIN ₹654.00 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
GALLANTT ₹553.25 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
HIRECT ₹1,248.90 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
INDOBORAX ₹483.45 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
SANOFICONR ₹4,089.60 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds
SUNCLAY ₹1,295.20 AVOID HOLD if next session holds
TECHNOCRAF ₹439.40 QUALITY-WAIT HOLD if next session holds
THELEELA ₹554.15 HOLD QUALITY-WAIT if next session holds

Reporting today

No tracked name reports today.

Coming up

Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1438 tracked names.

Market Overview

IndexClosePoints ChangeP/EP/B
Nifty 50 23,477.80 ▲ +46.30 ▲ +0.20% 19.85 2.84
Nifty Next 50 72,530.90 ▼ -322.95 ▼ -0.44% 19.17 3.23
Nifty 500 22,952.35 ▼ -6.40 ▼ -0.03% 22.24 3.19
Nifty Bank 56,471.95 ▲ +176.40 ▲ +0.31% 13.36 1.69
NIFTY Midcap 100 62,357.35 ▼ -235.45 ▼ -0.38% 30.05 4.29
▲ 932 advancing ■ 37 unchanged ▼ 1664 declining of 2633 equities, vs the 2026-09-09 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -438.24
bought 11,883 · sold 12,321
DII net
▲ +1,025.85
bought 13,326 · sold 12,300
FII / FPI DII
FII / DII daily net cash flow · ₹ crore · scroll to zoom, drag to pan

Source: NSE ind_close_all_20260910 (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 ₹501.25 ▲ +99.7%
Waterways Leisure Tourism LimitedCORDELIA Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹830.00 ₹109.44 ▼ -86.8%
Shanthi Gears LtdSHANTIGEAR Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹388.95 ₹725.45 ▲ +86.5%
TCC Concept LtdTCC Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹253.05 ₹53.62 ▼ -78.8%
India Glycols LtdINDIAGLYCO Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY AVOID ₹1,139.20 ₹279.00 ▼ -75.5%
PVP Ventures LtdPVP Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID unchanged ₹40.20 ₹66.10 ▲ +64.4%
Genesys International Corporation LtdGENESYS Tue, 18 Aug 2026 AVOID HOLD ₹182.30 ₹299.67 ▲ +64.4%
HEG LtdHEG Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹739.25 ₹266.00 ▼ -64.0%
Goodluck India LtdGOODLUCK Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY HOLD ₹1,330.00 ₹517.90 ▼ -61.1%
Wheels India LtdWHEELS Tue, 18 Aug 2026 BUY HOLD ₹1,442.60 ₹2,313.00 ▲ +60.3%
Welspun Corp LtdWELCORP Wed, 5 Aug 2026 BUY QUALITY-WAIT ₹1,788.10 ₹2,776.90 ▲ +55.3%
Elitecon International LtdELITECON Tue, 18 Aug 2026 HOLD unchanged ₹17.13 ₹7.80 ▼ -54.5%

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

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 WATCH 61.1 62.5 78.5 28.6 ▼ -0.08% 18.4 0/9/59/7
Banks 40 scanned · 13 researched AVOID 44.1 31.2 52.3 64.8 ▲ +0.31% 13.4 0/0/31/9
Pharmaceuticals 85 scanned · 11 researched AVOID 43.9 18.0 72.0 66.0 ▼ -0.51% 41.1 0/18/56/11
Automobiles 109 scanned · 21 researched WATCH 48.4 23.0 78.6 66.0 ▼ -0.41% 32.0 0/21/77/11
FMCG 106 scanned · 4 researched WATCH 58.3 53.3 68.3 55.0 ▼ -0.27% 31.4 0/21/67/18
Metals & Mining 83 scanned · 8 researched WATCH 46.5 26.4 67.9 64.2 ▼ -0.65% 16.2 0/11/55/17
Realty 38 scanned · 5 researched WATCH 55.0 53.5 52.0 64.1 ▼ -0.02% 37.0 0/1/17/20
Energy & Power 83 scanned · 11 researched WATCH 56.1 49.2 63.4 62.2 ▼ -0.29% 14.8 0/6/44/33
Financial Services 149 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 5 researched WATCH 52.9 55.0 43.9 62.4 ▲ +0.57% 15.7 0/4/96/49
Healthcare & Hospitals 58 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 3 researched WATCH 45.6 20.7 73.8 65.2 ▼ -0.38% 43.3 0/15/38/5
Hospitality & Tourism 38 scanned · 6 researched WATCH 60.5 60.8 67.4 48.0 ▼ -0.81% 87.1 0/4/24/10
Chemicals 100 scanned · 3 researched WATCH 58.4 52.0 68.5 59.0 0/13/63/24
Construction & Materials 127 scanned · 6 researched WATCH 60.4 66.9 60.8 42.2 0/12/72/43
Capital Goods 103 scanned · 7 researched WATCH 51.6 29.0 78.5 67.0 0/14/76/13
Textiles & Apparel 47 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 54.4 44.9 62.6 65.8 0/5/30/12
Retail & Consumer 67 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 58.0 50.0 68.4 61.8 0/9/40/18
Packaging & Plastics 34 scanned WATCH 53.2 38.6 64.7 72.9 0/4/22/8
Logistics & Transport 25 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 45.4 24.8 67.6 63.4 0/3/15/7
Telecom & Media 29 scanned · 2 researched WATCH 52.7 50.0 60.2 47.6 0/1/17/11
Commercial Services 31 scanned · 3 researched WATCH 55.2 54.2 52.8 61.8 0/3/16/12
Diversified & Other 32 scanned · 1 researched WATCH 52.0 42.9 59.7 63.4 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.

new call this session
P/E in the 45th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 65.9 Mkt Cap 993,617 cr · Large P/E 17.75 ROCE 7.18% Piotroski 3/7
new call this session
P/E in the 46th percentile of its own 3-year range
Composite 41.6 Mkt Cap 52,251 cr · Large P/E 23.01 ROCE 9.44% Piotroski 4/7
new call this session
P/E in the 2th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 13.8% (up 0.8pt over 5y) · -26.8% off its 52-week high
Composite 69.6 Mkt Cap 43,803 cr · Mid P/E 84.09 ROCE 13.8% Piotroski 5/8
P/E in the 1th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 20.7% (up 31.7pt over 5y) · -31.8% off its 52-week high
Composite 87.1 Mkt Cap 17,802 cr · Mid P/E 24.52 ROCE 20.7% Piotroski 5/9
new call this session
P/E in the 11th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 15.6% (down 4.4pt over 5y) · -34.3% off its 52-week high
Composite 57.6 Mkt Cap 11,844 cr · Small P/E 22.21 ROCE 15.6% Piotroski 4/9
P/E in the 4th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 24.3% (up 24.3pt over 5y)
Composite 90.7 Mkt Cap 13,141 cr · Small P/E 60.47 ROCE 24.3% Piotroski 6/9
new call this session
Highly Volatile
P/E in the 46th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 20.2% (down 4.8pt over 5y)
Composite 52.8 Mkt Cap 3,717 cr · Micro P/E 20.22 ROCE 20.2% Piotroski 2/9
Highly Volatile
P/E in the 1th percentile of its own 3-year range · ROCE 21.2% (up 30.2pt over 5y) · -31.1% off its 52-week high
Composite 87.3 Mkt Cap 1,777 cr · Micro P/E 19.83 ROCE 21.2% Piotroski 5/8

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.