Aftermarket Report · 26 Aug 2026
NIFTY Today: Closes at 24,208, Down 0.52% as Telecom Drags
The day as a heatmap, auto-generated for this session
The close at a glance
Close24,207.75
Change-126.80
% Change-0.52%
Prev close24,334.55
Open24,341.95
Day high24,378.60
Day low24,207.75
52-wk range22,183 to 26,373
The NIFTY 50 ended the session lower, closing at 24,207.75, a loss of 126.80 points or 0.52%. Metals was the standout on the sector board while Telecom was the biggest drag. Breadth was negative, with 33 of the 50 constituents closing lower.
01How the day moved
The index opened near 24,342 and traded between a low of 24,208 and a high of 24,379 through the session before settling at 24,208. 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, red carried the board. Metals was the brightest block at ▲ 2.00%, while Telecom was the deepest shade at ▼ 2.31%. 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 | 57,784 | ▲ 0.47% |
| Nifty IT | 30,319 | ▼ 1.47% |
| Nifty Midcap 100 | 64,101 | ▼ 0.10% |
| India VIX | 10.56 | ▼ 4.60% |
04Sector scorecard
05Top movers
▲ Top gainers
- Hindustan Zinc▲ 5.72%
- Vedanta▲ 4.18%
- Kotak Mahindra Bank▲ 3.76%
- Axis Bank▲ 1.62%
- JSW Steel▲ 1.57%
▼ Top losers
- Varun Beverages▼ 3.82%
- Bharti Airtel▼ 2.31%
- Power Grid Corp▼ 2.14%
- Infosys▼ 2.10%
- Life Insurance Corp▼ 2.05%
06Market breadth
33 of the 50 constituents closed lower and 16 closed higher, an advance-decline balance tilted to the downside.
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 | 7,677 | ▲ 0.32% |
| Nasdaq | 26,151 | ▲ 0.66% |
| Dow Jones | 53,577 | ▲ 0.30% |
| Brent Crude | $84.9 | ▼ 2.68% |
| Gold | $4,680 | ▼ 0.31% |
10On the map tomorrow
For context only, not a recommendation. The recent range on the NIFTY runs roughly between 24,208 on the downside and 24,379 on the upside. Overnight global cues remain worth watching into the next session.
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