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Nifty on the Daily Chart

The week ended with the Nifty absolutely flat, closing just 0.31% lower, despite a mix of negative sessions early in the week and a strong upside move on Friday. The volatility along the way had very little net impact, and the index essentially finished where it started.

Nifty – Weekly Chart Perspective

More importantly, Nifty continues to hover extremely close to its all-time highs, showing that there is no real deterioration in sentiment at the index level. Even though the market showed intraday swings and sectoral churn, the closing position near record highs provides a level of comfort — especially for investors tracking the structural strength of the market rather than the noise of daily fluctuations. It is the large-cap part of the market that continues to demonstrate relative resilience, and as long as Nifty remains a stone’s throw away from its highs, the broader tone stays constructive.

S&P 500 Overview

The S&P 500 displayed a similar rhythm — a brief pullback early in the week followed by a recovery bounce, ending 0.1% higher. The mother market continues to behave in a remarkably steady fashion, and even shallow corrections are getting bought into quickly. This stability in the US tends to act as a psychological and flow-based anchor for global markets, including India.

GOLD Overview

Gold was almost unchanged, down 0.19%, still hovering near ₹13,241 per gram. For an asset that recently made large strides, flatness is simply consolidation, not weakness.

Dollar Index Overview

Dollar Index ticked up 0.33% this week, showing a mild strengthening. Currency movements remain important to watch because a stronger dollar typically creates pressure on emerging market flows, and we are already seeing how sensitive global money positioning has become in recent weeks.

Global Indices Overview

When we shift to the global indices in USD terms, the week was much more eventful. Brazil and Japan both declined nearly 4%, driven by different catalysts — in Japan’s case, markets reacted negatively to an unexpected interest-rate increase. The reaction was swift and broad, pushing the Nikkei sharply lower. On the other side of the spectrum, the UK market gained, and several other regions remained stable, showcasing how uneven global performance has become.

Global Momentum

Canada has moved to the top of the global momentum ranking charts, followed by the UK and Europe, which is not the usual leaderboard one might expect. These markets have been quietly gaining strength while traditional outperformers, including emerging markets, have lagged. India continues to sit near the lower end of the global momentum table, and though the Nifty 500 breadth has shown slight improvement, conditions remain far from leadership territory. Some US indices have also slipped a few ranks, while Europe and NASDAQ climbed, reflecting constantly shifting capital direction.

Benchmark Indices Overview

From a benchmark perspective, the Indian market was exceptionally calm. Small caps were broadly flat, midcaps also stayed unchanged, while Nifty slipped marginally. It was a week with no decisive directional movement, either positive or negative — a rare pause after several volatile stretches.

Sectoral Overview

The sector view confirms the same lack of drama: private banks fell 1.4%, PSU banks rose 1.3%, media and financial services declined, while IT gained 1.1% and FMCG added around half a percent. These small, opposing moves essentially neutralised each other at the market level.

The sectoral momentum scorecard also reflects stability rather than rotation. Defense, media, real estate, CPSEs continue to occupy the bottom, while PSU banks, metals, the overall banking complex, autos and infra stay at the top. The only noticeable recent shifts have been slight upward movement in PSU banks and FMCG, and mild softness in private banks and autos. Overall, the map shows structural continuity, not disruption — a market that is waiting rather than reacting.

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Rebalance Update

We give advance notice here on the upcoming changes in your smallcase for Monday. This advance notice can be used to ignore Monday’s update if there is no change. If there is a change indicated you

Note: We are not including LIQUIDBEES as an ADD or an EXIT count.