1420 companies · 1441 sector slots · 20 sectors · 29 below Rs1000cr and not scanned · long-term lens
Trend Spotlight
September CPI lands at 5.54% YoY, above RBI's own revised 5.2% FY27 projection, hardening the case for calibrated tightening
MoSPI's Oct 12 release showed headline inflation jumping to 5.54% YoY from 4.83% in August, with food inflation at 7.74% driven by onion prices up ~108% YoY. The print lands five days after RBI's first hike since Feb 2023 (repo to 5.50%, stance shifted to 'calibrated tightening'), and coming in above the Reuters poll median of 5.40% removes the easiest argument for a near-term reversal -- rate-sensitive sectors (banks, NBFCs, realty) now face a central bank with less room to cut before the Dec 2-4 MPC. Sources disagree on whether the print beat or marginally missed consensus.
US equities closed last week near record highs with the Fed leaning against an October hike; no reliable GIFT Nifty or confirmed Oct 15/16 close was found for this morning's direction.
The S&P 500 hit a record 7,811.54 on Oct 9 before easing 0.1% to 7,807.24 on Oct 12; Fed officials including NY Fed's John Williams and Vice Chair Philip Jefferson have signalled a preference to wait for more data before another hike, with prediction markets (snapshot Oct 2, now stale) pricing an 82% hold vs 19% hike for the Oct 27-28 FOMC. Domestically, last week was choppy but net higher -- Nifty +1.30% Oct 9, then -0.70% Oct 12 -- with RBI's Oct 7 hike to 5.50% and the 'calibrated tightening' stance, reinforced by the hot September CPI print above, now the dominant local overhang into today's session. Searches for GIFT Nifty levels and an Oct 15/16 close returned only stale 2025 results, so overnight direction for today's open could not be confirmed.
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 1.99; P/E cheaper than 55% of sector peers (P/E 47.94); EV/EBITDA 30.9, B/M 0.091. Watch for a better entry.
Good business, bad price today (Value 2/5) — PEG 1.49; P/E cheaper than 44% of sector peers (P/E 32.9); EV/EBITDA 25.1, B/M 0.144. Watch for a better entry.
Source: NSE event calendar, filtered to the 1420 tracked names.
Market Overview
Index
Close
Points
Change
P/E
P/B
Nifty 50
22,997.35
▲ +374.65
▲ +1.66%
19.65
2.82
Nifty Next 50
68,671.60
▼ -327.70
▼ -0.47%
17.97
3.30
Nifty 500
22,180.80
▲ +142.80
▲ +0.65%
21.83
3.11
Nifty Bank
55,810.50
▲ +494.50
▲ +0.89%
13.20
1.68
NIFTY Midcap 100
59,197.25
▼ -211.85
▼ -0.36%
27.84
3.76
▲ 892 advancing■ 32 unchanged▼ 1750 decliningof 2674 equities, vs the 2026-10-14 close
Cash market, ₹ crore
FII / FPI net
▼ -5,285.37
bought 12,736 · sold 18,021
DII net
▲ +3,319.39
bought 19,439 · sold 16,119
FII / FPI
DII
Source: NSE ind_close_all_20261015
(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.
3720 calls scored since Wed, 5 Aug 2026: 1404 standing, 1712 closed when the desk changed the call, 604 closed when the name left coverage (at its last published close). 2026 of them are the call a name was given on entering coverage, not one the desk changed to. 1392 more standing calls with history are not shown — this table is the 12 that have moved most against Nifty 500 since they were made. 8 calls published this session are not scored yet — no session to move in. 25 have no cached close at one end of their window and are not scored. 9 entry prices restated for a split or bonus inside the window (marked adj.).
REC's Q1 FY27 loan growth ran near flat, well under its 11-12% guided pace Financial Services
REC's core loan book grew only ~1% YoY and was flat QoQ in Q1 FY27 per DSIJ, with disbursements down 43% YoY, even as the renewable-energy book grew 23% YoY to ₹78,596cr and PAT rose 23% QoQ. This is the first hard loan-growth number to test Morgan Stanley's growth-deceleration downgrade thesis underlying the open ledger claim, though it is a Q1 print (already some months old) rather than a fresh catalyst, and the company's own framing emphasizes the renewable segment's strength.
IRDAI's commission-cap consultation stays open until Oct 25, with Jan 1 or Apr 1 floated as rollout dates Financial Services
IRDAI's 'Recalibrating Economics of Insurance Distribution' paper, proposing to cap first-year distribution commissions at 20-25% stepping down to 12.5% over five years, remains a consultation with industry feedback open until Oct 25, 2026 -- no final regulation yet. The regulator's whole-time member for distribution is reportedly weighing Jan 1 or Apr 1, 2027 as possible implementation dates, which is new specificity but still a consideration, not a decision.
Jana Holdings, JSFB's promoter, downgraded to 'default' and reportedly seeking to sell down its stake Banks
India Ratings downgraded Jana Holdings Ltd bonds to default status after a six-month repayment extension (new deadline Dec 31, 2026), and the firm is reportedly planning to sell ~7% of Jana Small Finance Bank to repay ~₹700cr owed to TPG Asia while exploring a merger with another small finance bank. This is a promoter-level distress signal, not yet a sign of trouble at the bank itself, and comes from a single source.
Geojit's planned MD succession completed on schedule; Q1 profit still down sharply on cost growth Financial Services
Jones George became MD on Oct 1 as scheduled, succeeding C J George (now Executive Chairman) under a board-approved plan dating to July 22 -- an orderly, long-tenured internal transition rather than a fresh governance flag. Separately, Q1 FY27 PAT fell 28.5% YoY to ₹19.8cr despite 11.4% revenue growth, as employee costs rose 31%, a margin-compression data point still weighing on the pending AVOID->HOLD call.
Zensar's TMT softness looks like an 11-quarter sector trend, not a discrete client-exit event Information Technology
Q1 FY27 results already showed TMT revenue down 28% YoY in constant currency and Healthcare/Life Sciences down 8.7%, with BFS now 48.8% of revenue. An earlier analyst note frames the TMT decline as an 11-consecutive-quarter trend tied to broad client-base softness and a sector-wide capex shift toward GPUs/data centers, rather than named client losses -- a nuance that cuts against (without falsifying) the severity of the open claim's exit-driven framing. Q3 FY27 results, the actual test, are not out yet.
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.
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.