Nifty 50 closed at 24,270.8, up 0.4%, though it remains below its 200-day average and 7.8% off its 52-week high. Decliners edged out advancers 1,137 to 1,073, so the day's gain was index-level rather than broad — breadth is narrow but improving. The Stage-2 advancing cohort now stands at 35.1% of the NSE universe, up 1.4 over five days and 13.2 over twenty, with 52 stocks crossing from Stage 1 to Stage 2 against 24 moving the other way over the same window. The bull-rising regime has held for a 23rd consecutive day; the near-term read is neutral-to-up.
Sector rotation
Real Estate led on the day at +2.2%, extending a run that has it up 14.3% over one month and 36.6% over three — the strongest three-month performer on the screen by a clear margin. Information Technology added 1.4% and Health Care 1.3%, making it a day where defensive-growth and rate-sensitive names moved together. Health Care's Stage-2 cohort is expanding fastest of any sector over the past 20 days, with Financials and Materials close behind. Energy remains the three-month laggard, the only sector in negative territory over that period at -2.3%. GeeCee Ventures, a Real Estate name, cleared the breakout screen today with a setup score of 6.8, consistent with the sector's broader momentum.
Standout movers and fresh breakouts
The highest-volume surge of the session came from IKIO Technologies, an Industrials name, which moved 19.1% on volume running at 52 times its average — the most extreme volume reading of the day. TPL Plastech in Materials rose 19.7% on 16.6 times average volume and also cleared the breakout screen with a setup score of 6.9. ELGI Rubber and Digitide Solutions posted moves of 20% and 15.4% respectively on similarly elevated volume. Among the cleaner breakout setups, Nelco leads the fresh list at a setup score of 8.4, followed by Western India Plywoods at 8.2 and Greaves Cotton at 8.0. On the sustained-setup side, S.P. Apparels and MSTC both score 9.4, the highest on today's screen, with Va Tech Wabag and IND Swift Laboratories at 9.2 each. The 193 new 52-week highs against 48 new lows, a net of +145, and 11 golden crosses versus 2 death crosses confirm the internal skew remains constructive even on a day when advancers did not outnumber decliners.
| Stock | Sector | Setup | % 1D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelco Ltd | Information Technology | 8.4 | +0.2% |
| Western India Plywoods Ltd | Materials | 8.2 | -0.6% |
| Greaves Cotton Ltd | Industrials | 8.0 | -1.9% |
| Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy Ltd | Industrials | 7.8 | -0.0% |
| NACL Industries Ltd | Materials | 7.8 | +1.7% |
| HMT Ltd | Industrials | 7.3 | -0.4% |
| TPL Plastech Ltd | Materials | 6.9 | +19.7% |
| GeeCee Ventures Ltd | Real Estate | 6.8 | +3.1% |
| Sector | 1D | 1M | 3M | RS | Stage 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Estate | +2.2% | +14.3% | +36.6% | 44 | 19% |
| Information Technology | +1.4% | -3.5% | +6.2% | 33 | 26% |
| Health Care | +1.3% | +7.7% | +22.9% | 73 | 47% |
| Communication Services | +0.8% | +4.1% | +20.1% | 60 | 19% |
| Materials | +0.5% | -1.0% | +16.4% | 68 | 40% |
| Energy | +0.2% | +0.1% | -2.3% | 54 | 36% |
| Financials | +0.1% | +7.7% | +14.0% | 60 | 35% |
| Consumer Staples | +0.0% | +4.4% | +13.3% | 56 | 36% |
| Consumer Discretionary | -0.5% | +4.6% | +18.5% | 65 | 33% |
| Utilities | -0.9% | -0.3% | +11.2% | 63 | 30% |
| Industrials | -1.1% | +4.9% | +29.4% | 68 | 38% |
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