1417 companies · 1438 sector slots · 20 sectors · 32 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens
Trend Spotlight
RBI raises repo rate 25bps to 5.50% and shifts stance to 'calibrated tightening' — first hike since Feb 2023.
The MPC's rate move itself was broadly expected, but the unanimous hike paired with a stance shift from 'neutral' to 'calibrated tightening' was a hawkish surprise (two members dissented on the stance change, not the rate). It follows a third straight above-target CPI print (4.82% in August). For a long-term holder, this tightens the backdrop for rate-sensitive sectors — banks, auto, NBFCs, realty — into the Dec 2-4 MPC meeting, though a single 25bp move with growth still projected at 7.1% for FY27 is not yet a structural re-rating.
Markets closed lower digesting the RBI surprise; global cues are benign but there is no confirmed GIFT Nifty read this morning.
Nifty and Sensex both closed down on Oct 8 (-0.25%/-0.19%) as the market absorbed the RBI's hawkish stance shift. Overseas, US equities remain near record highs (S&P 500 above 7,800, Nasdaq above 27,400) with prediction markets pricing only ~17% odds of a Fed hike at the Oct 27-28 FOMC meeting — a supportive global backdrop that contrasts with the domestic tightening turn. No reliable GIFT Nifty pre-open level could be sourced, so there is no confirmed overnight directional signal beyond Wednesday's negative close. The next CPI print (September) is due Oct 12.
Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG 2.2; P/E cheaper than 33% of sector peers (P/E 35.39); EV/EBITDA 25.1, B/M 0.04. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 0.25; P/E cheaper than 37% of sector peers (P/E 36.26); EV/EBITDA 16.2, B/M 0.193. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 39% of sector peers (P/E 33.93); EV/EBITDA 15.4, B/M 0.16. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 0.61; P/E cheaper than 58% of sector peers (P/E 75.23); EV/EBITDA 54.4, B/M 0.138. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 14% of sector peers (P/E 86.82); EV/EBITDA 101.7, B/M 0.031. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 1.22; P/E cheaper than 33% of sector peers (P/E 29.24); EV/EBITDA 14.6, B/M 0.198. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 0.52; P/E cheaper than 38% of sector peers (P/E 37.48); EV/EBITDA 24.7, B/M 0.124. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 1/5) — PEG n/a; P/E cheaper than 11% of sector peers (P/E 98.52); EV/EBITDA 42.1, B/M 0.094. Watch for a better entry.
Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1417 tracked names.
Market Overview
Index
Close
Points
Change
P/E
P/B
Nifty 50
22,231.80
▼ -371.25
▼ -1.64%
19.02
2.73
Nifty Next 50
67,614.50
▼ -1,789.50
▼ -2.58%
17.72
3.25
Nifty 500
21,616.15
▼ -443.75
▼ -2.01%
21.32
3.03
Nifty Bank
54,515.05
▼ -540.50
▼ -0.98%
12.92
1.64
NIFTY Midcap 100
57,882.50
▼ -1,500.10
▼ -2.53%
27.30
3.68
▲ 277 advancing■ 19 unchanged▼ 2377 decliningof 2673 equities, vs the 2026-10-07 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -12,943.58
bought 15,725 · sold 28,669
DII net
▲ +10,703.11
bought 22,988 · sold 12,285
FII / FPI
DII
Source: NSE ind_close_all_20261008
(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 — every call it has published, scored over the
stretch it actually stood: from the close on the day it was made (restated for any
split or bonus) to the day the desk changed it, the name left coverage, or today.
Each is set against Nifty 500 over the same window. A BUY should beat it; an AVOID
should lag it.
3599 calls scored since Wed, 5 Aug 2026: 1379 standing, 1622 closed when the desk changed the call, 598 closed when the name left coverage (at its last published close). 2017 of them are the call a name was given on entering coverage, not one the desk changed to. 1367 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most against Nifty 500 since they were made. 32 calls published this session are not scored yet — no session to move in. 23 have no cached close at one end of their window and are not scored. 8 entry prices restated for a split or bonus inside the window (marked adj.).
Aegis Logistics-Tristar $1.5bn talks still unconfirmed, with explicit risk they could still collapse Energy & Power
Reporting on Aegis Logistics' advanced talks to acquire UAE's Tristar Holdings for roughly $1.5bn is unchanged since late August: bilateral exclusivity talks, no signed deal, and an explicit risk the talks fall apart before a definitive agreement. The reported structure (~$600m debt refinance plus $400-500m in new debt, balance in equity) would materially expand Aegis's scale and West Asia exposure if it closes, but nothing this session moves the open claim either way.
GPPL's concession extension still conditional on a 90-day business-plan submission; separate cabotage-waiver risk flagged but unconfirmed Logistics & Transport
GPPL's August comfort letter requires a historical-performance and investment business plan within 90 days (roughly late November 2026) before any concession extension beyond September 2028 is confirmed; no submission or extension has been reported yet, and GPPL's MD has said the related Rs17,000cr capex MoU is not binding until the extension is granted. Separately, a July 2026 industry note flags that India's cabotage waiver for foreign-flagged vessels is due to expire this month, a sector-wide transhipment risk at hub ports — single-sourced and unconfirmed either way, worth checking next session.
Shukra Pharmaceuticals' Q1 FY27 profit swings to a beat, but says nothing about the capex-discipline question behind the open claim Pharmaceuticals
Shukra reported Q1 FY27 revenue of Rs23.52cr and net profit of Rs12.96cr, versus a Rs1.72cr loss the prior quarter, driving an ~11% rally on Oct 5. The print is single-sourced and should be checked against the exchange filing. It is a genuine operating positive but does not address whether the company's nine-subsidiary diversification (medtech, robotics, defence) and planned Rs600cr Greater Noida facility are being funded with disciplined capex — the open claim's falsifier remains unresolved.
Aavas names interim CFO and CRO after confirmed exits; ICRA/CARE rating watch remains open Financial Services
Aavas confirmed President & CFO Ghanshyam Rawat and President & CRO Ashutosh Atre are stepping down, with interim replacements already named (Ghanshyam Gupta as CFO, Punit Purushottam Agarwal as CRO) — following earlier MD/CEO and chief business officer exits this year. ICRA and CARE's 'Rating Watch with Developing Implications' on Aavas's AA ratings, opened in June/July, had not been resolved as of the latest available coverage, and no permanent replacements have been confirmed, so the open claim's falsifier is not yet met.
RACL Geartech's BMW EV program nears mass production as new OEM wins broaden the order book Automobiles
FY26 revenue rose 20.6% YoY to Rs512.42cr, with a new heat-treatment plant on track for October completion. One brokerage note puts BMW EV program mass production starting this month, though another source says 'late 2026', and export-share figures disagree across sources (61-75%). New business nominations from Kawasaki, ZF and Royal Enfield were also reported, and no governance red flags turned up in the research.
Entry score is 40% cheap-vs-history + 25% quality trend + 20% news catalyst + 15% technicals, for the 1 sector with a researched catalyst. The other 19 show —: no catalyst was researched for them, so their score renormalises over the remaining three inputs rather than assuming a neutral headline. ≥62 accumulate · 45–61 watch · <45 avoid.
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.