Latest after the Bell @ 4:00 PM – Tuesday, August 12th 2025

# Bullish traders unnerved as Nifty falls with a thud. Massive Profit booking blamed.

The long and short of Nifty’s drubbing indicates Nifty bulls’ are non-committed and waiting some big positive trigger.

NIFTY (-98, 24487)
Sensex (-368, 80236)
Bank Nifty (-467, 55044)

1) Nifty started the session on a positive note after President Donald Trump agreed to extend the US-China trade truce by another 90 days.

The positive takeaway was that the US to continue with 30% tariff vs proposed 145%.

2) Profit booking however immediately set-in as caution prevailed ahead of US and India’s CPI to trickle in this Tuesday.

3) Bullish traders will spy with one big eye if the US CPI can move the needle towards a 25 or 50bp rate cut for September.

Needless to say, that the storm could be back if inflation continues to spike.

4) The street will spy with one big eye on the Trump–Putin summit to take place this Friday, August 15th in Alaska.

The street will be eager to know whether the said summit can lead to peace in Ukraine more than 3 1/2 years after Moscow’s invasion.

5) U.S. retail sales for July 2025 will be announced on August 15.

E) Commanding attention will also be corporate India’s Q1 earnings season which enters its final leg as concerns rise about a lackustre earnings season.

Tuesday, August 12th: ABBOT INDIA, ALL CARGO, APOLLO HOSPITAL, HAL, HINDALCO, JINDAL STEEL, MRF, NYKAA, PI INDUSTRIES, ZYDUS LIFE

6) Technically speaking, Nifty’s biggest interweek/intermonth support now seen at 24336 mark. Hurdles at Nifty 24751 and then at 25025 mark.

7) India VIX hovers around 12.24 levels.

# Long Story Short: Nifty’s major bullish constructive stance only above 24751 mark. Until then caution should be the buzzword.

# Adv-Dec 19—31
# INDIA VIX 12.23 (+0.08%)
# NIFTY PCR (14th Aug) 0.66
# NIFTY PCR (28th AUG) 0.96
# USD/INR Futures (Aug) (-0.02%, 87.76)

# SECTOR GAINERS:
NIFTY PHARMA (+0.69%)
NIFTY MEDIA (+0.60%)
NIFTY HEALTHCARE (+0.59%)

# SECTORS LOSERS
NIFTY FINANCIAL SERVICES (-0.90%)
NIFTY PVT BANKS (-0.81%)
NIFTY REALTY (-0.73%)

# TODAY’S MARKET RE-CAP:

1) Nifty (+0.71%) gives away all of its yesterday’s hard-fought gains, as concerns of Trump’s tariff hikes on India emerge. Nifty continues to trade way below its 21 DMA (24829) and 50 DMA (25023).

2) Bank Nifty (-0.84%) too joins the conga-line of falling sectoral indices. Bank Nifty’s new all-time-high continues to be at 57628.40 mark

3) The market breadth (19:31) was in favor of bears.

4) The Nifty Mid-cap (-0.43%) and Nifty Small-cap (-0.01%) indices were aiming to inch up.

5) Amongst sectoral indices ending in red were BANK Nifty (-0.85%), NIFTY REALITY (-0.77%) and NIFTY FNMCG (-0.53%) while sectors ending in green were Nifty Pharma (+0.71%) and Nifty Auto (+0.58%).

# Bottom-line: Nifty’s biggest interweek hurdles seen psychological 25000 mark. Nifty’s downside risk now seen at its 200-DMA at 24044 mark. Confirmation of weakness only below 24336 mark.

# STOCKS IN SPOTLIGHT:

1) Tilaknagar Industries (3.47%) rallied its consolidated net profit surged 120.8% to Rs 88.51 crore in Q1 FY26, compared with Rs 40.09 crore in Q1 FY25. Net sales (excluding net excise duty) jumped 30.6% YoY to Rs 409.14 crore in Q1 FY26.

2) Ashoka Buildcon (+1.3%) gained after the company’s reported 44.6% jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 217.39 crore during the quarter compared with Rs 150.33 crore in Q1 FY25. However, revenue from operations declined 23.5% YoY to Rs 1,887.07 crore in Q1 June 2025.

3) Bata India (-1.88%) fell after the company’s consolidated net profit tumbled 70.1% to Rs 52 crore on 0.3% fall in net sales to Rs 941.85 crore in Q1 FY26 over Q1 FY25.

# BULLS OF THE DAY:
TECHM (+2.03%)
MARUTI (+1.98%)
HEROMOTOCORP (+1.79%)
M&M (+1.56%)
NTPC (+1.19%)

# BEARS OF THE DAY:
BAJFINANCE (-2.83%)
TRENT (-1.39%)
HINDUNILVR (-1.37%)
NESTLEIND (-1.36%)
ETERNAL (-1.33%)

# The Next Big Catalyst for Dalal Street:

All eyes will be on the US CPI next Tuesday, August 12th and that will move the needle towards a 25 or 50bp rate cut for September.

Please note, there are still 3 FOMC meetings to take place this year 2025: September, October and December.

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