Latest after the Bell @ 4:00 PM – Wednesday, August 13th 2025

Nifty joins the conga-line of rising global stock markets.

NIFTY (+132, 24619)
Sensex (+304, 80540)
Bank Nifty (+138, 55181)

# Nifty rebounds as risk appetite improves on backdrop of 3-positive catalysts:

1) Hopes of Fed’s multiple rate cuts this 2025 after the US annual inflation rate held at 2.7% in July, below the 2.8% forecast indicating Trump’s tariff effects remain modest.

2) 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%.

3) India’s annual CPI fell to 1.55% in July of 2025 from 2.1% in July.

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

Wednesday, August 13th: ABFRL, AVANTI FEED, BPCL, HIND COPPER, IRCTC, JUBL FOOD, MUTHOOT FIN, PFIZER.

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

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 12.13 levels.

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

# Adv-Dec 38—12
# INDIA VIX 12.14 (-0.74%)
# NIFTY PCR (14th Aug) 1.09
# NIFTY PCR (28th AUG) 0.93
# USD/INR Futures (Aug) (-0.03%, 87.52)

# SECTOR GAINERS:
NIFTY HEALTHCARE (+2.13%)
NIFTY PHARMA (+1.73%)
NIFTY METAL (+1.26%)

# SECTORS LOSERS
NIFTY PSUBANKS (-0.14%)
NIFTY OIL & GAS (-0.05%)
NIFTY FMCG (-0.04%)

# TODAY’S MARKET RE-CAP:

1) Nifty (+0.54%) rebounds and recovers from yesterday’s drubbing but upside was capped as concerns of Trump’s tariff hikes on India remain. Nifty continues to trade way below its 21 DMA (24803) and 50 DMA (25023).

2) Bank Nifty (+0.26%) too inches higher joining the conga-line of rising sectoral indices. Bank Nifty’s new all-time-high continues to be at 57628.40 mark

3) The market breadth (38:12) was in favor of bulls.

4) The Nifty Mid-cap (+0.87%) and Nifty Small-cap (+0.72%) indices were aiming to inch up.

5) Amongst sectoral indices ending in red were Nifty PSU BANKS (-0.14%), IT (-0.02%) and NIFTY FMCG (-0.02%) while sectors ending in green were Nifty Pharma (+1.76%) Nifty Metal (+1.28%) and Nifty Auto (+1.18%).

# Bottom-line: Nifty’s biggest interweek hurdles seen psychological 25000 mark. Nifty’s downside risk now seen at its 200-DMA at 24045 mark. Confirmation of weakness only below 24336 mark.

# STOCKS IN SPOTLIGHT:

1) Suzlon Energy (-4.42%) slides as Q1 PAT slumps 73% QoQ to Rs 324 cr. Suzlon Energy’s consolidated net profit tanked 72.56% to Rs 324.32 crore on 17.39% decline in revenue from operations to Rs 3,117.33 crore in Q1 FY26 over Q4 FY25.

2) Karnataka Bank (-0.88%) fell after its Q1 PAT slides after its standalone net profit declined 27% to Rs 292.40 crore on a 2.4% rise in total income to Rs 2,619.64 crore in Q1 FY26 over Q1 FY25.

3) Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (+8%) is the star outperformer after the company’s consolidated net profit jumped 53.5% to Rs 389.60 crore on 13.1% increase in net sales to Rs 5592.20 crore in Q1 FY26 over Q1 FY25.

4) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) (+1.27%) gained after its consolidated net profit fell 1.7% to Rs 9,804.07 crore on 3.5% decline in net sales to Rs 1,63,108.13 crore in Q1 FY26 over Q1 FY25.

5) Jindal Steel & Power (-1.05%) was seen consolidating it reported a 11.5% increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,493.97 crore in Q1 FY26 compared with Rs 1,340.15 crore in Q1 FY25. Net sales fell 9.7% YoY to Rs 12,294.48 crore during the quarter.

6) Hindalco Industries (+5%) zoomed higher after reporting a strong performance in Q1 FY26, with revenue from operations rising 13% year-on-year to Rs 64,232 crore. EBITDA grew 9% to Rs 8,673 crore. Net profit surged 30% to Rs 4,004 crore in Q1 FY26.

# BULLS OF THE DAY:
APOLLOHOSP (+8.20%)
HINDALCO (+5.09%)
DRREDDY (+2.71%)
CIPLA (+2.52%)
HEROMOTOCORP (+2.35%)

# BEARS OF THE DAY:
INDUSINDBNK (-1.26%)
ADANIPORTS (-0.72%)
ITC (-0.52%)
TITAN (-0.43%)
TECHM (-0.35%)

# The Next Big Catalyst for Dalal Street:

# The Next Big Catalyst: 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.

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

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