🗓️ StockEdge Post-Market Report (Friday, 21 August 2026)
Multi-asset performance
• NIFTY 50 +0.08%
• GIFT NIFTY −0.04%
• INDIA VIX +3.81%
• BANK NIFTY +0.46%
• NIFTY IT −0.46%
• NIFTY REALTY +0.40%
• NIFTY FMCG −0.74%
• NIFTY AUTO −0.60%
• NIFTY METAL +0.86%
• S&P 500 −0.87%
• DOW JONES −1.32%
• GOLD +1.33%
• SILVER +1.64%
• WTI CRUDE +1.40%
• USD/INR −0.01%
Nifty closed at 24,252.00, up 20.15 points (+0.08%). It opened at its high of 24,284.05, slid to 24,206.80 mid-session, then ground back into the upper half of a 77-point range — a second straight compression day after Thursday's 81-point bar. Metal and Realty led; FMCG and Auto lagged. India VIX rose 3.81% to 11.17, still complacency territory; nobody is paying up for protection into this coil. Overnight cues were poor (Dow −1.32%, S&P 500 −0.87%) yet Nifty absorbed them, while gold +1.33% and WTI +1.40% show hedging happening elsewhere. GIFT Nifty at 24,288.50 sits ~37 points above spot, implying a flat-to-mildly-positive Monday open.
Nifty
Range-bound, not trending. Two sub-80-point sessions inside 24,180–24,290 have coiled the index tightly, and a second failure to hold the opening high keeps sellers marginally in control at the top of the band.
Bank Nifty
Opened at 57,613.20, held above the previous close all day and finished at 57,761.95, near its high — the cleanest structure on the board. At +0.46% versus Nifty's +0.08%, banks are leading, and that kept the index green despite IT, FMCG and Auto weakness.
Conclusion
Compression, not weakness — the market is coiling while volatility stays priced for calm. Watch 24,290: a decisive break with Bank Nifty confirming opens the upside; another failure hands the range back to sellers.
Data source: TradingView. Changes vs previous session close. For information only — not investment advice.
Multi-asset performance
• NIFTY 50 +0.08%
• GIFT NIFTY −0.04%
• INDIA VIX +3.81%
• BANK NIFTY +0.46%
• NIFTY IT −0.46%
• NIFTY REALTY +0.40%
• NIFTY FMCG −0.74%
• NIFTY AUTO −0.60%
• NIFTY METAL +0.86%
• S&P 500 −0.87%
• DOW JONES −1.32%
• GOLD +1.33%
• SILVER +1.64%
• WTI CRUDE +1.40%
• USD/INR −0.01%
Nifty closed at 24,252.00, up 20.15 points (+0.08%). It opened at its high of 24,284.05, slid to 24,206.80 mid-session, then ground back into the upper half of a 77-point range — a second straight compression day after Thursday's 81-point bar. Metal and Realty led; FMCG and Auto lagged. India VIX rose 3.81% to 11.17, still complacency territory; nobody is paying up for protection into this coil. Overnight cues were poor (Dow −1.32%, S&P 500 −0.87%) yet Nifty absorbed them, while gold +1.33% and WTI +1.40% show hedging happening elsewhere. GIFT Nifty at 24,288.50 sits ~37 points above spot, implying a flat-to-mildly-positive Monday open.
Nifty
Range-bound, not trending. Two sub-80-point sessions inside 24,180–24,290 have coiled the index tightly, and a second failure to hold the opening high keeps sellers marginally in control at the top of the band.
Bank Nifty
Opened at 57,613.20, held above the previous close all day and finished at 57,761.95, near its high — the cleanest structure on the board. At +0.46% versus Nifty's +0.08%, banks are leading, and that kept the index green despite IT, FMCG and Auto weakness.
Conclusion
Compression, not weakness — the market is coiling while volatility stays priced for calm. Watch 24,290: a decisive break with Bank Nifty confirming opens the upside; another failure hands the range back to sellers.
Data source: TradingView. Changes vs previous session close. For information only — not investment advice.