Aftermarket Report · 25 Aug 2026
NIFTY Today: Closes at 24,335, Up 0.34% as Cons Durables Leads
The day as a heatmap, auto-generated for this session
The close at a glance
The NIFTY 50 ended the session higher, closing at 24,334.55, a gain of 82.55 points or 0.34%. Cons Durables was the standout on the sector board while Realty was the biggest drag. Breadth was positive, with 16 of the 50 constituents closing lower.
01How the day moved
The index opened near 24,176 and traded between a low of 24,115 and a high of 24,335 through the session before settling at 24,335. The dashed line marks the previous close, so the shaded area shows where the index spent the day relative to it.
02The heatmap read
On the NIFTY heatmap, green carried the board. Cons Durables was the brightest block at ▲ 0.88%, while Realty was the deepest shade at ▼ 0.88%. Reading the map, the move was fairly broad across the board rather than driven by a single name.
03Broader market
| Index | Last | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nifty Bank | 57,514 | ▼ 0.02% |
| Nifty IT | 30,772 | ▲ 0.57% |
| Nifty Midcap 100 | 64,163 | ▲ 0.54% |
| India VIX | 11.07 | ▼ 3.90% |
04Sector scorecard
05Top movers
▲ Top gainers
- Adani Enterprises▲ 3.72%
- Varun Beverages▲ 2.34%
- Adani Ports & SEZ▲ 1.83%
- Adani Green Energy▲ 1.68%
- ABB India▲ 1.64%
▼ Top losers
- Hindustan Zinc▼ 1.89%
- Oil & Natural Gas Corp▼ 1.08%
- DLF▼ 0.88%
- Vedanta▼ 0.72%
- Coal India▼ 0.71%
06Market breadth
16 of the 50 constituents closed lower and 33 closed higher, an advance-decline balance tilted to the upside.
07Five-day trend
08FII / DII flows
Foreign institutions were net buyers and domestic institutions were net buyers in the cash market. (Provisional NSE figures.)
09Global and commodity cues
| Market | Last | Change |
|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 | 7,653 | ▼ 0.28% |
| Nasdaq | 25,980 | ▼ 0.77% |
| Dow Jones | 53,417 | ▲ 0.26% |
| Brent Crude | $88.0 | ▼ 2.86% |
| Gold | $4,693 | ▼ 0.10% |
| USD / INR | 95.41 | ▼ 0.34% |
10On the map tomorrow
For context only, not a recommendation. The recent range on the NIFTY runs roughly between 24,115 on the downside and 24,335 on the upside. Overnight global cues remain worth watching into the next session.
