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.
| Index | Close | Points | Change | P/E | P/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | 24,231.85 | ▲ +153.55 | ▲ +0.64% | 20.48 | 2.94 |
| Nifty Next 50 | 74,194.15 | ▲ +293.50 | ▲ +0.40% | 19.61 | 3.33 |
| Nifty 500 | 23,512.95 | ▲ +126.75 | ▲ +0.54% | 22.84 | 3.29 |
| Nifty Bank | 57,495.90 | ▲ +256.15 | ▲ +0.45% | 13.60 | 1.72 |
| NIFTY Midcap 100 | 63,671.55 | ▲ +262.80 | ▲ +0.41% | 30.69 | 4.44 |
Source: NSE ind_close_all_20260820
(levels, index P/E and P/B) and the full-market bhavcopy (breadth).
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.
| Sector | Index | Session | Idx P/E | Stance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Realty Nifty Realty · 2 researched | 907.95 | ▲ +1.41% | 38.6 | WATCH |
| FMCG Nifty FMCG · 3 researched | 47,863.25 | ▲ +0.82% | 33.2 | ACCUMULATE |
| Information Technology Nifty IT · 4 researched | 30,673.05 | ▲ +0.79% | 19.6 | ACCUMULATE |
| Financial Services Nifty Financial Services · 1 researched | 26,203.90 | ▲ +0.73% | 16.1 | WATCH |
| Hospitality & Tourism Nifty India Tourism · 2 researched | 8,050.30 | ▲ +0.47% | 90.8 | WATCH |
| Banks Nifty Bank · 2 researched | 57,495.90 | ▲ +0.45% | 13.6 | AVOID |
| Automobiles Nifty Auto · 5 researched | 29,301.75 | ▲ +0.40% | 34.0 | AVOID |
| Pharmaceuticals Nifty Pharma · 7 researched | 26,416.00 | ▲ +0.39% | 40.9 | AVOID |
| Healthcare & Hospitals Nifty Healthcare Index · 7 researched | 16,465.15 | ▲ +0.32% | 43.1 | AVOID |
| Metals & Mining Nifty Metal · 3 researched | 13,060.25 | ▲ +0.28% | 15.9 | AVOID |
| Energy & Power Nifty Energy · 1 researched | 38,152.00 | ▲ +0.07% | 14.8 | WATCH |
Index P/E from NSE's official daily index file.
Largest moves among the 1995 tracked names this session, against the 2026-08-19 close.
| Company | Call | Prev | Close | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kronox Lab Sciences Ltd KRONOX | HOLD | ₹155.16 | ₹186.19 | ▲ +20.00% |
| Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd BALRAMCHIN | HOLD | ₹650.80 | ₹767.10 | ▲ +17.87% |
| Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd BANARISUG | QUALITY-WAIT | ₹3,617.40 | ₹4,240.70 | ▲ +17.23% |
| Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd SOLARA | AVOID | ₹550.05 | ₹640.00 | ▲ +16.35% |
| Kwality Walls India Ltd KWIL | BUY | ₹37.71 | ₹43.47 | ▲ +15.27% |
| Bodhi Tree Multimedia Ltd BTML | HOLD | ₹8.72 | ₹7.92 | ▼ -9.17% |
| Gretex Corporate Services Ltd GCSL | HOLD | ₹521.70 | ₹482.05 | ▼ -7.60% |
| Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd MILKYMIST | QUALITY-WAIT | ₹199.65 | ₹184.89 | ▼ -7.39% |
| Wonder Electricals Ltd WEL | HOLD | ₹146.26 | ₹136.04 | ▼ -6.99% |
| Sintercom India Ltd SINTERCOM | AVOID | ₹85.00 | ₹79.39 | ▼ -6.60% |
A change to anything but AVOID publishes only after two consecutive sessions say the same thing; AVOID publishes at once.
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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.
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 10 scanned · 4 researched | ACCUMULATE | 68.0 | 60.4 | 93.2 | 46.2 | — | ▲ +0.79% | 19.6 | 2/2/6/0 |
| Banks 14 scanned · 2 researched | AVOID | 43.9 | 25.0 | 61.3 | 65.4 | — | ▲ +0.45% | 13.6 | 3/0/10/1 |
| Pharmaceuticals 20 scanned · 7 researched | AVOID | 39.5 | 7.6 | 75.2 | 65.1 | — | ▲ +0.39% | 40.9 | 2/7/10/1 |
| Automobiles 15 scanned · 5 researched | AVOID | 39.4 | 7.0 | 76.0 | 64.6 | — | ▲ +0.40% | 34.0 | 4/5/4/2 |
| FMCG 15 scanned · 3 researched | ACCUMULATE | 84.4 | 93.1 | 94.7 | 44.0 | — | ▲ +0.82% | 33.2 | 1/6/8/0 |
| Metals & Mining 15 scanned · 3 researched | AVOID | 43.4 | 13.5 | 77.1 | 66.8 | — | ▲ +0.28% | 15.9 | 4/4/5/2 |
| Realty 10 scanned · 2 researched | WATCH | 58.1 | 49.7 | 60.4 | 76.7 | — | ▲ +1.41% | 38.6 | 1/2/3/4 |
| Energy & Power 40 scanned · 1 researched | WATCH | 61.8 | 59.5 | 69.2 | 55.8 | — | ▲ +0.07% | 14.8 | 8/3/15/14 |
| Financial Services 20 scanned · 5 ranked elsewhere · 1 researched | WATCH | 53.3 | 62.0 | 36.1 | 58.4 | — | ▲ +0.73% | 16.1 | 2/0/14/4 |
| Healthcare & Hospitals 20 scanned · 16 ranked elsewhere · 7 researched | AVOID | 43.6 | 14.3 | 77.9 | 64.3 | — | ▲ +0.32% | 43.1 | 2/6/11/1 |
| Hospitality & Tourism 15 scanned · 2 researched | WATCH | 60.3 | 52.9 | 71.3 | 61.8 | — | ▲ +0.47% | 90.8 | 4/4/3/4 |
| Diversified & Other 2000 scanned · 173 ranked elsewhere · 31 researched | WATCH | 55.3 | 50.0 | 62.2 | 57.9 | — | — | — | 270/244/871/615 |
Source: data/verdicts.json × NSE sector index closes.
| 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.