Daily Update Report 21st August 2026 by Ventura Securities Ltd
Market Commentary Overnight global action: On 20th August 2026, US markets delivered a negative performance with S&P 500 declining by 66.32 pts (-0.86%), Dow Jones declining by 700.75 pts (- 1.31%) and Nasdaq 100 declining by 212.86 pts (-0.72%). Gift Nifty declined by 4.50 pts (-0.02%), indicating Indian markets will open flat to marginally negative
Advance-Decline ratio on NSE stood at 2,106:1,402 and on BSE at 2,373:1,951, indicating positive market breadth with a bullish bias across both exchanges.
Index Options Data Analysis Sensex max Call OI at 77,600 and Put OI at 77,500 with PCR of 1.076 Nifty max Call OI at 24,500 and Put OI at 24,000 with PCR of 1.209 Bank Nifty max Call OI at 58,000 and Put OI at 57,000 with PCR of 0.885
Securities in Ban for F&O Trade : BANDHANBNK, MANAPPURAM, SAIL Sector Performance: NIFTY SMLCAP 100 index grew by 0.68% driven by NETWEB (+7.00%), BRIGADE (+6.50%) and MEESHO (+6.65%). NIFTY 50 index grew by 0.64% driven by ETERNAL (+2.48%), SHRIRAMFIN (+2.01%) and KOTAKBANK (+1.82%). NIFTY 100 index grew by 0.59% driven by MUTHOOTFIN (+3.88%), HINDZINC (+3.03%) and HDFCAMC (+2.83%). NIFTY SMLCAP 250 index grew by 0.58% driven by BALRAMCHIN (+17.90%), NETWEB (+7.00%) and MMTC (+6.82%). NIFTY SMLCAP 50 index grew by 0.57% driven by COHANCE (+6.34%), REDINGTON (+4.09%) and PIRAMALFIN (+3.33%). NIFTY 200 index grew by 0.56% driven by MCX (+5.15%), MUTHOOTFIN (+3.88%) and GLENMARK (+3.85%).
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