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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.

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.

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
Financial Services Nifty Financial Services · 5 researched 25,520.30 ▲ +0.57% 15.7 WATCH
Banks Nifty Bank · 13 researched 56,471.95 ▲ +0.31% 13.4 AVOID
Realty Nifty Realty · 5 researched 872.05 ▼ -0.02% 37.0 WATCH
Information Technology Nifty IT · 16 researched 28,890.90 ▼ -0.08% 18.4 WATCH
FMCG Nifty FMCG · 4 researched 45,185.60 ▼ -0.27% 31.4 WATCH
Energy & Power Nifty Energy · 11 researched 38,223.40 ▼ -0.29% 14.8 WATCH
Healthcare & Hospitals Nifty Healthcare Index · 3 researched 16,518.65 ▼ -0.38% 43.3 WATCH
Automobiles Nifty Auto · 21 researched 27,540.95 ▼ -0.41% 32.0 WATCH
Pharmaceuticals Nifty Pharma · 11 researched 26,555.85 ▼ -0.51% 41.1 AVOID
Metals & Mining Nifty Metal · 8 researched 13,304.95 ▼ -0.65% 16.2 WATCH
Hospitality & Tourism Nifty India Tourism · 6 researched 7,724.80 ▼ -0.81% 87.1 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
Logistics & Transport 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

Movers in the universe

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

CompanyCallPrev CloseMove
Molbio Diagnostics Ltd MOLBIO HOLD ₹1,257.90 ₹1,509.40 ▲ +19.99%
Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd KOTIC AVOID ₹135.54 ₹151.21 ▲ +11.56%
Panorama Studios International Ltd PANORAMA AVOID ₹47.56 ₹52.92 ▲ +11.27%
Novartis India Ltd NOVARTIND HOLD ₹2,186.40 ₹2,428.20 ▲ +11.06%
Man Industries (India) Ltd MANINDS QUALITY-WAIT ₹792.55 ₹876.45 ▲ +10.59%
MV Electrosystems Ltd MVELECTRO AVOID ₹917.50 ₹835.45 ▼ -8.94%
Marsons Ltd MARSONS QUALITY-WAIT ₹135.08 ₹125.38 ▼ -7.18%
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Ltd UTKARSHBNK AVOID ₹15.90 ₹14.80 ▼ -6.92%
Astec Lifesciences Ltd ASTEC AVOID ₹761.00 ₹715.80 ▼ -5.94%
AYM Syntex Ltd AYMSYNTEX AVOID ₹311.30 ₹293.10 ▼ -5.85%

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

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.