WTI rose 4.04% to $105.49/bbl and Brent 3.34% to $109.21/bbl on Sept 15 after Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline -- the workaround route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz -- compounding a week of Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia. USD/INR has pushed to a multi-month high near 95.87-95.9, pressured by the same oil move plus markets pricing in a possible Fed hike. For a net oil importer, a second consecutive week of crude-driven currency and import-cost pressure is the more material read than any single sector's day-to-day move.
GIFT Nifty traded in a narrow band near 23,500-23,530, roughly 50 points above the prior Nifty futures close -- a mildly positive-to-flat signal capped by the oil spike and a Wall Street pullback on AI-slowdown warnings hitting chip stocks, with Asian markets mixed. The two-day FOMC meeting concludes at 2:00pm ET (after India's cash market closes), with the fed funds rate at 3.5-3.75% going in and markets split on whether Fed Chair Warsh delivers the first hike since 2023. Today's session trades on stale overnight cues; the actual reaction to the Fed outcome will only show up from the next session.
A change to anything but AVOID publishes only after two consecutive sessions say the same thing; AVOID publishes at once.
and 65 more — full list on the site.
| Ticker | Close | Published | Pending | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTINDIA | ₹26,125.00 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| ADANIPORTS | ₹1,713.80 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| BHARATFORG | ₹1,877.20 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| BUTTERFLY | ₹580.25 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| CANBK | ₹122.37 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| CONCOR | ₹483.70 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| DCBBANK | ₹221.89 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| ECLERX | ₹1,894.80 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| EMCURE | ₹1,993.00 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| FSL | ₹283.35 | HOLD | → | QUALITY-WAIT | if next session holds |
| GILLETTE | ₹7,248.50 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| GPPL | ₹161.18 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| HCLTECH | ₹1,253.70 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| INFY | ₹1,077.00 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| IPCALAB | ₹1,932.40 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| JINDALSAW | ₹289.00 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| JYOTHYLAB | ₹192.22 | BUY | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| KIRLOSENG | ₹2,041.60 | HOLD | → | QUALITY-WAIT | if next session holds |
| KIRLPNU | ₹698.15 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| LUPIN | ₹2,063.20 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| MANINDS | ₹808.20 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| NATCOPHARM | ₹819.15 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| NAVINFLUOR | ₹8,228.00 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| OPTIEMUS | ₹604.95 | AVOID | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| REDTAPE | ₹120.87 | HOLD | → | QUALITY-WAIT | if next session holds |
| SANOFI | ₹3,131.00 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| SANOFICONR | ₹4,055.30 | HOLD | → | QUALITY-WAIT | if next session holds |
| SHILPAMED | ₹911.90 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| SPARC | ₹188.00 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| STAR | ₹1,150.60 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| SUNCLAY | ₹1,250.20 | AVOID | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| TANLA | ₹490.55 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| TATASTEEL | ₹183.65 | HOLD | → | QUALITY-WAIT | if next session holds |
| TCI | ₹845.40 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
| TECHNOCRAF | ₹424.35 | HOLD | → | QUALITY-WAIT | if next session holds |
| TTKPRESTIG | ₹540.00 | HOLD | → | QUALITY-WAIT | if next session holds |
| VIDHIING | ₹320.65 | QUALITY-WAIT | → | HOLD | if next session holds |
| ZENSARTECH | ₹440.20 | HOLD | → | BUY | if next session holds |
No tracked name reports today.
Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1429 tracked names.
| Index | Close | Points | Change | P/E | P/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | 23,118.60 | ▼ -279.50 | ▼ -1.19% | 19.54 | 2.80 |
| Nifty Next 50 | 70,281.15 | ▼ -1,802.55 | ▼ -2.50% | 18.58 | 3.13 |
| Nifty 500 | 22,477.45 | ▼ -389.05 | ▼ -1.70% | 21.78 | 3.12 |
| Nifty Bank | 55,794.75 | ▼ -811.80 | ▼ -1.43% | 13.20 | 1.67 |
| NIFTY Midcap 100 | 60,878.25 | ▼ -1,318.95 | ▼ -2.12% | 29.34 | 4.18 |
Source: NSE ind_close_all_20260915
(levels, index P/E and P/B) and the full-market bhavcopy (breadth).
Index P/E from NSE's official daily index file.
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.
| Company | First flagged | Verdict then | Verdict now | At flag | Now | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri LtdTBZ | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | BUY | HOLD | ₹251.05 | ₹524.45 | ▲ +108.9% |
| Waterways Leisure Tourism LimitedCORDELIA | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | HOLD | unchanged | ₹830.00 | ₹112.33 | ▼ -86.5% |
| TCC Concept LtdTCC | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | HOLD | unchanged | ₹253.05 | ₹54.63 | ▼ -78.4% |
| India Glycols LtdINDIAGLYCO | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | BUY | AVOID | ₹1,139.20 | ₹279.00 | ▼ -75.5% |
| Shanthi Gears LtdSHANTIGEAR | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | HOLD | unchanged | ₹388.95 | ₹679.25 | ▲ +74.6% |
| HEG LtdHEG | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | HOLD | BUY | ₹739.25 | ₹266.00 | ▼ -64.0% |
| Goodluck India LtdGOODLUCK | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | BUY | HOLD | ₹1,330.00 | ₹519.15 | ▼ -61.0% |
| Raymond LtdRAYMOND | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | HOLD | unchanged | ₹625.00 | ₹995.95 | ▲ +59.4% |
| Genesys International Corporation LtdGENESYS | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | AVOID | HOLD | ₹182.30 | ₹285.51 | ▲ +56.6% |
| TD Power Systems LtdTDPOWERSYS | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | HOLD | unchanged | ₹1,586.60 | ₹725.50 | ▼ -54.3% |
| Milky Mist Dairy Food LtdMILKYMIST | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | QUALITY-WAIT | unchanged | ₹181.50 | ₹278.14 | ▲ +53.2% |
| PVP Ventures LtdPVP | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 | AVOID | unchanged | ₹40.20 | ₹61.58 | ▲ +53.2% |
1417 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.
An August 19, 2026 Supreme Court order rescinded the Rs 4,655 crore lease-rent liability that had hung over Bombay Burmah since an adverse May 2026 ruling, removing a large contingent-liability overhang for the BUY-rated stock. Single-sourced finding.
Jyothy Labs' license agreement with Henkel for the Pril brand will not be renewed past May 31, 2026, and management now expects margin recovery only in H2 FY27 pending commodity price stabilization, even as it still targets double-digit revenue growth via volume, pricing and new launches. Single-sourced finding.
Sarda Energy & Minerals reported its highest-ever quarterly EBITDA and turned debt-free by June 2026 (Q1 net profit +9% YoY to Rs 478cr, even as revenue fell 2%), with management guiding to quadruple mining output and double energy capacity, partly via coal-mine expansions cited as an FY27 EBITDA driver. Single-sourced finding.
FY26 revenue grew 16% and PAT 24%, with EBITDA margin at an all-time high of 14.09%; management cited new or expanded EV business with TVS, Honda, Royal Enfield, Suzuki, Yamaha and Hero, plus a four-wheeler order pipeline. MD Rahul Jain's reappointment through September 2030 adds continuity. Single-sourced finding.
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.
| Sector | Stance | Entry | Cheap | Quality | Tech | News | Index | Idx P/E | B/W/H/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology 75 scanned · 16 researched | ACCUMULATE | 62.0 | 63.0 | 78.5 | 31.6 | — | ▲ +2.19% | 18.9 | 0/9/59/7 |
| Banks 40 scanned · 13 researched | WATCH | 46.8 | 37.0 | 52.3 | 63.8 | — | ▼ -1.43% | 13.2 | 0/0/31/9 |
| Pharmaceuticals 85 scanned · 14 researched | WATCH | 46.7 | 22.5 | 72.0 | 69.2 | — | ▼ -1.30% | 40.5 | 0/19/55/11 |
| Automobiles 108 scanned · 26 researched | WATCH | 52.1 | 29.1 | 78.4 | 69.5 | — | ▼ -2.01% | 31.1 | 16/21/60/11 |
| FMCG 104 scanned · 6 researched | WATCH | 58.8 | 56.8 | 68.9 | 47.4 | — | ▼ -0.50% | 31.1 | 5/21/60/18 |
| Metals & Mining 83 scanned · 10 researched | WATCH | 53.1 | 40.3 | 67.9 | 62.8 | — | ▼ -2.54% | 15.4 | 8/11/47/17 |
| Realty 38 scanned · 5 researched | WATCH | 56.6 | 63.0 | 52.0 | 47.3 | — | ▼ -4.04% | 34.6 | 1/1/16/20 |
| Energy & Power 83 scanned · 12 researched | WATCH | 54.8 | 50.4 | 63.4 | 52.4 | — | ▼ -2.08% | 14.4 | 5/6/40/32 |
| Financial Services 149 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 7 researched | WATCH | 53.1 | 57.0 | 43.3 | 58.8 | — | ▼ -1.83% | 15.4 | 5/3/92/49 |
| Healthcare & Hospitals 58 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 3 researched | WATCH | 49.7 | 27.4 | 73.8 | 69.2 | — | ▼ -1.17% | 42.7 | 4/15/34/5 |
| Hospitality & Tourism 38 scanned · 6 researched | WATCH | 60.6 | 64.7 | 67.4 | 38.2 | — | ▼ -2.34% | 85.2 | 5/4/19/10 |
| Chemicals 99 scanned · 4 researched | WATCH | 61.7 | 61.0 | 68.7 | 52.0 | — | — | — | 2/12/62/23 |
| Construction & Materials 122 scanned · 6 researched | ACCUMULATE | 63.0 | 74.9 | 61.3 | 34.1 | — | — | — | 4/10/68/40 |
| Capital Goods 103 scanned · 7 researched | WATCH | 53.6 | 34.5 | 78.5 | 62.8 | — | — | — | 9/14/66/14 |
| Textiles & Apparel 47 scanned · 3 researched | WATCH | 56.7 | 50.0 | 62.6 | 64.6 | — | — | — | 2/4/29/12 |
| Retail & Consumer 67 scanned · 2 researched | WATCH | 59.5 | 55.6 | 68.4 | 54.8 | — | — | — | 2/8/38/19 |
| Packaging & Plastics 34 scanned | WATCH | 54.2 | 41.2 | 64.7 | 71.2 | — | — | — | 1/4/21/8 |
| Logistics & Transport 25 scanned · 1 researched | WATCH | 47.8 | 30.7 | 67.6 | 60.4 | — | — | — | 0/3/15/7 |
| Telecom & Media 29 scanned · 2 researched | WATCH | 52.7 | 50.0 | 60.2 | 47.6 | — | — | — | 3/1/14/11 |
| Commercial Services 31 scanned · 4 researched | WATCH | 60.2 | 65.0 | 52.8 | 59.8 | — | — | — | 2/1/15/13 |
| Diversified & Other 32 scanned · 1 researched | WATCH | 54.0 | 46.0 | 59.7 | 66.1 | — | — | — | 0/3/17/12 |
Source: data/verdicts.json × NSE sector index closes.
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.
| Metric | Why it is in the framework | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Return on capital, level and trend | Durable 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-score | A nine-signal accounting checklist that separates real improvers from statistically cheap traps | Piotroski 2000 JAR |
| Cash-flow-to-net-profit | Accrual-heavy profit reverts; cash-backed profit persists | Sloan 1996 TAR |
| P/E versus the stock's own history | Cheap relative to itself, not to a peer set that may be expensive as a whole | Basu 1977 JF |
| Book-to-market | The value premium, in its original form | Fama–French 1992 JF |
| EV/EBITDA | Capital-structure-neutral, so it compares a leveraged firm to an unleveraged one | Practitioner standard |
| Altman Z and interest coverage | Distressed 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-DMA | Nearness to the high has predicted continuation — but momentum crashes, so never alone | George & Hwang 2004 JF; Daniel & Moskowitz 2016 JFE |
| Promoter pledge | Pledged 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.