Daily Update Report 19th August 2026 by Ventura Securities Ltd
Market Commentary Overnight global action: On 18th August 2026, US markets delivered a negative performance with S&P 500 declining by 53.09 pts (-0.69%), Dow Jones declining by 116.38 pts (- 0.22%) and Nasdaq 100 declining by 504.42 pts (-1.68%). Gift Nifty gained by 13.00 pts (+0.05%), indicating Indian markets will open marginally positive.
Advance-Decline ratio on NSE stood at 1,544:1,914 and on BSE at 1,890:2,426, indicating weak market breadth with a negative bias across both exchanges.
Index Options Data Analysis Sensex max Call OI at 78,000 and Put OI at 77,000 with PCR of 0.873 Nifty max Call OI at 24,200 and Put OI at 24,150 with PCR of 0.756 Bank Nifty max call OI and put OI both are at 58000 with PCR of 0.824
Securities in Ban for F&O Trade : BANDHANBNK, LICI, MANAPPURAM, SAIL Sector Performance: NIFTY MICROCAP 250 index grew by 0.38% driven by ICIL (+12.14%), PARAS (+10.00%) and AVALON (+8.53%). NIFTY SMALLCAP 100 index grew by 0.24% driven by ICIL (+12.14%), PARAS (+10.00%) and JYOTICNC (+8.30%). NIFTY SMLCAP 250 index grew by 0.18% driven by JYOTICNC (+8.30%), PFOCUS (+7.23%) and HEG (+6.57%). NIFTY MID SELECT index declined by 0.72% driven by BHEL (-2.51%), SUZLON (-2.49%) and POLYCAB (-2.47%). NIFTY 100 index declined by 0.49% driven by LODHA (-3.42%), LTM (- 2.93%) and TMPV (-2.24%). NIFTY 200 index declined by 0.48% driven by SBICARD (-4.17%), OBEROIRLTY (-3.78%) and LODHA (-3.42%).
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