10 things that will decide D-St action on Friday

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Key points

• While Nifty 50 gained around 154 points to end the session at 24, 232, sensex jumped over 628 points to close at around 77, 538.
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• Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Friday.
• While retail bellwether Walmart saw sharp declines after a quarterly sales miss, US stocks The main U.S.

Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Friday. ETMarkets.comLast Updated: Aug 20, 2026, 09: 34: 00 PM IST.

Indian equities snapped a seven-session losing streak as falling US bond yields, short-covering and stronger sentiment lifted markets. Sensex surged 628 points and Nifty gained 154 points. Analysts remained cautious, citing elevated crude rates and geopolitical risks despite improving technical momentum.

In practice, the Indian stock market rebounded on Thursday, with the Sensex and Nifty closing sharply higher, snapping a seven-day losing streak as falling US bond yields, short-covering and other factors boosted market sentiment. While Nifty 50 gained around 154 points to end the session at 24, 232, sensex jumped over 628 points to close at around 77, 538. Broader markets additionally moved into the deep green, with Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 gaining up to 0.7%.

Here's how analysts read the market pulse "Markets discovered much-needed relief after the U.S. Treasury stepped in to contain the surge in global bond yields, triggering a solid broad-based rebound and ending the domestic market's week-long losing streak. The intervention has dragged down the dollar, which, along with a firmer rupee and easing yield pressures, boosted attractiveness to EMs. As a cooling yield environment supports spending, the recovery was widespread throughout sectors, driven primarily by strength in IT and financial stocks. Yet, the market's optimism remains guarded as stubbornly high crude oil rates, driven by unresolved U.S.-Iran tensions, continue to cast a shadow over inflation and corporate profitability. The near-term outlook is projected to hinge on the direction of global yields, energy costs and geopolitical developments, with sustained stability needed to keep earnings momentum and foreign inflows intact, " noted Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments. Live Events.

While retail bellwether Walmart saw sharp declines after a quarterly sales miss, US stocks The main U.S. Stock indexes fell on Thursday as rebounding administration bond yields hurt sentiment. Walmart lost 8.6% after missing Wall Street expectations for quarterly comparable sales as shoppers pulled back on spending in the face of rising gas rates. It dragged on the S&P 500 consumer staples index, ‌the biggest sectoral loser, ⁠which was ⁠down 1.6%. While a recovery in global bonds after a U.S, european markets European shares inched lower on Thursday as higher oil rates fuelled supply and inflation worries linked to the Middle East war. Treasury intervention supported ‌limit losses. The pan-European ⁠STOXX ⁠600 was marginally down at 650.89 points. Tech view "The Nifty 50 index staged a recovery after finding backing at a critical level. In fact, the Nifty closed meaningfully higher than the previous close for the first time in the last thirteen sessions. On the daily timeframe, the index has reclaimed the 50EMA, indicating an improvement in the short-term trend. The hourly RSI is in a bullish crossover. Overall, the short-term sentiment looks positive, and the Nifty is projected to move towards higher levels. While on the lower end, backing is placed at 24, 150, " stated Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities, on the higher end, resistance is seen at 24, 350/24, 500. Most active stocks in terms of turnover Balrampur Chini (Rs 2, 470 crore), Netweb Technologies (Rs 2, 385 crore), BSE (Rs 1, 804 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 1, 278 crore), MCX (Rs 1, 211 crore), Eternal (Rs 1, 199 crore) and ICICI Bank (Rs 1, 183 crore) were among the most active stocks on NSE in value terms. Higher activity in a counter in value terms can support identify the counters with the highest trading turnovers in the day. Most active stocks in volume terms Vodafone Idea (Traded shares: 23.21 crore), Groww (Traded shares: 4.95 crore), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Traded shares: 4.56 crore), MMTC (Traded shares: 4.24 crore), Eternal (Traded shares: 3.67 crore), Meesho (Traded shares: 3.4 crore), and Yes Bank (Traded shares: 3.58 crore) were among the most actively traded stocks in volume terms on NSE. Stocks showing buying interest Balrampur Chini, Netweb Technologies, MMTC, Brigade Enterprises, Suven Pharma, Meesho and HBL Power were among the stocks that witnessed solid buying interest from market participants. 52-week high Among the ones which hit their 52-week highs on NSE included Balrampur Chini, Netweb Technologies, ACME Solar Holdings, Welspun India, Sai Life Sciences, RBL Bank and Lenskart Solutions. Stocks seeing selling pressure Stocks which witnessed significant selling pressure were Himadri Speciality, Aster DM Health, Chennai Petro, Syrma SGS Technologies, Authum Investment, PFC and REC. 52-week low Among the ones which hit their 52-week lows on NSE included Sun TV, IRCTC, Aditya Birla Lifestyle, KEC International and ITC. Sentiment meter favours bulls Out of the 3, 632 stocks that traded on the NSE on August 20, Thursday, 2, 108 stocks witnessed advances, 1, 405 saw declines while 119 stocks remained unchanged. IT crash ahead? CLSA downgrades TCS, Infosys, Wipro, other stocks; revises target rates. Here's why (Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times).

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Taken together, the developments around 10 things that will decide D point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.