10 things to decide D-St action on Monday

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• Indian equities concluded marginally higher on Friday as gains in financials, metals and small-caps offset pressure from IT stocks and persistent global uncertainties.

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Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Monday. ETMarkets.comLast Updated: Aug 23, 2026, 04: 05: 00 PM IST.

Indian equities concluded marginally higher on Friday as gains in financials, metals and small-caps offset pressure from IT stocks and persistent global uncertainties. While broader markets outperformed, the Sensex and Nifty closed slightly higher. Analysts expect volatility to remain elevated, with crude rates, foreign flows, the rupee and global trends in focus. Listen to this article in summarized format. Unlock AI Briefing and Premium Content. New Year Offer 24 Hours Left. Subscribe Now Already a member? Sign In.

Meanwhile, the Indian stock market extended gains on Friday, although Middle East uncertainties capped gains for the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty. It closed only marginally higher. Sensex gained over 3 points to close at around 77, 541 while Nifty 50 rose 20 points to end the session at 24, 252. Broader markets performed better, with Nifty Smallcap 100 rising 0.6%.

Here's how analysts read the market pulse The Indian stock market was largely restricted within range today, with the Sensex and Nifty moving modestly higher, reflecting a balancing act of positive domestic factors versus continued global uncertainties, remarked Vikram Kasat, Chief Business Officer, Advisory and Dealing at PL Capital. He observed that the positive trend was driven by buying interest in select stocks, with IT stocks under pressure due to cautious investor sentiment globally. High crude rates, geopolitical worries in the Middle East, and challenges in the international bond market have been affecting risk-taking tendencies. By contrast, some of the financials, metals, and small-caps have been contributing towards the positive side of the equation. Live Events.

"Moving ahead, the markets will continue to be highly volatile and stock-specific, with crude prices, foreign fund inflows, rupee movement, and international trends being some of the key factors, " according to the analyst. As easing worries around bond-market volatility and stronger U.S. Business activity backed sentiment, US stocks Wall Street concluded higher on Friday, August 21. While the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.44% to 26, 180.46, the S&P 500 rose 0.43% to 7, 674.37, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.98% to 53, 277.01. Despite Friday's rebound, all three indices concluded the week lower. European markets European markets additionally concluded higher on Friday as resilient economic data and corporate earnings supported offset worries over elevated oil rates and bond yields. The pan-European STOXX 600 gained 0.59% to 654.18. While Germany's DAX gained around 0.6% and France's CAC 40 advanced around 0.4%, britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.64% to 10, 816.56. Tech view Nifty remained range-bound during the day, with the index confined between the 20 EMA and 50 EMA on the hourly chart, remarked Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities. He continued that on the daily chart as well, the index remained within the bands of the 20 EMA and 50 EMA. "The RSI remains in a bearish crossover. Overall, sentiment remains sideways to mildly positive. On the lower end, backing is placed at 24, 200. Notably, a fall below 24, 200 might trigger a correction towards 24, 000. On the higher end, resistance is placed at 24, 350; a rise above this level might take the index towards 24, 500, " he explained. Most active stocks in terms of turnover Welspun Corp (Rs 4, 537 crore), Netweb Technologies (Rs 2, 374 crore), BSE (Rs 2, 154 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 1, 901 crore), Balrampur Chini (Rs 1, 473 crore), Himadri Speciality (Rs 1, 167 crore) and Data Patterns (Rs 1, 129 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: 19.06 crore), Urban Firm (Traded shares: 6.57 crore), Reliance Power (Traded shares: 6.38 crore), JP Power (Traded shares: 3.4 crore), Yes Bank (Traded shares: 3.39 crore), Suzlon Energy (Traded shares: 3.22 crore), and Eternal (Traded shares: 3.16 crore) were among the most actively traded stocks in volume terms on NSE. Stocks showing buying interest Welspun Corp, Urban Firm, Jindal Saw, JBM Auto, NCC, IIFL Finance and CarTrade Tech were among the stocks that witnessed robust buying interest from market participants. 52-week high Among the ones which hit their 52-week highs on NSE included Welspun Corp, Jindal Saw, IIFL Finance, PTC Industries, Schloss Bangalore, Netweb Technologies and Data Patterns (India). Stocks seeing selling pressure Stocks which witnessed significant selling pressure were Himadri Speciality, Balrampur Chini, Britannia, GSK Pharma, Sumitomo Chemical, Usha Martin and Poly Medicure. 52-week low Among the ones that hit their 52-week lows on NSE included Sun TV, IRCTC, Aditya Birla Lifestyle and Dabur India. Sentiment meter favours bulls Out of the 3, 644 stocks that traded on the NSE on August 21, Friday, 1, 884 stocks witnessed advances, 1, 630 declined, and 130 remained unchanged. (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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