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Informist, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026

 

By Eshitva Prakash

 

MUMBAI – The domestic benchmark equity indices fell further Friday, mirroring the fall in equity markets globally. The rout was initially caused largely by information technology stocks, resulting in a gap-down opening for the headline indices. But during the course of the day, the market witnessed a broad-based fall across sectors. The Nifty 50, which had risen sharply at the beginning of the week following announcement of the India-US trade deal framework, ended the week down almost 1%.

 

The Nifty IT index also opened gap-down as shares of IT companies declined on mounting worries about artificial intelligence tools and weak earnings from traditional software companies. However, in line with the predictions of a few analysts, investors bought some shares of Indian IT companies at more "favourable" valuations. Shares of Infosys, Wipro, and Tata Consultancy Services ended 1-2% lower, recovering somewhat from their intraday fall. The Nifty IT index ended 1.4% lower at 32681.50 points after having hit an over-10-month-low of 31422.60 points earlier in the day.

 

Shares of metal companies fell as investors took profits after the recent rally, according to technical analysts. Shares of Hindustan Zinc, Hindustan Copper, Jindal Stainless, and Tata Steel ended 1-5% lower. Shares of aluminium and copper miner Hindalco Industries were the worst hit in the Nifty 50 index, closing almost 6% lower after the company late Thursday reported a 45% year-on-year fall in consolidated net profit for the December quarter. A one-time charge related to fires at its US subsidiary Novelis's plant in Oswego County, New York, was the biggest drag on the company's bottom line.

 

The Nifty 50 settled 1.3% lower at 25471.10 points. The BSE Sensex also closed 1.3% lower at 82626.76 points. Only six stocks in the Nifty 50 ended higher and the overall market breadth was also overwhelmingly negative. Shares of Nifty 50 heavyweights fell, contributing most to the index's decline. HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Reliance Industries ended 1–2% lower. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance ended 2.5% higher, rising for the third session.

 

Investors reacted to several companies that reported their earnings after market hours Thursday. Shares of Coal India ended over 2% lower after the company's consolidated net profit for the December quarter fell 16% on year. Shares of Oil and Natural Gas Corp. closed over 3% lower after the company reported an over 6% year-on-year fall in revenue for the quarter.
 

Shares of Indian Energy Exchange ended over 1.5% lower, recovering from a 5% intraday fall. The company's shares declined after the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity dismissed its plea against a market coupling order issued by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, according to media reports. Additionally, the tribunal has allowed the CERC to go ahead with the framing of coupling regulations.

 

Indian Energy controls 85% of the country's energy exchange market and is likely to be hurt if settlements across exchanges are unified into a single price at the end of the day. Bids are placed independently on independent energy exchanges and price discovery is different across different platforms. With market coupling, a single market-clearing price will be used on all exchanges, erasing the benefits for traders on Indian Energy Exchange.

 

Shares of most textile companies closed higher after falling for three sessions. These stocks had been under pressure after the US agreed to trim its reciprocal tariff on Bangladesh, which is a major textile exporter. Investor sentiment improved after Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said there would be a provision in the bilateral trade agreement for India to import cotton and yarn for processing from the US at zero duty and export back to the US at zero reciprocal tariff, just like in the US-Bangladesh trade deal. Vardhman Textiles ended 5.5% higher and K.P.R. Mill closed almost 4% higher.

Muthoot Finance was the hardest-hit stock in the Nifty 200 and Nifty 500 indices, closing almost 12% lower, following a sharp correction in gold prices overnight. Thursday, the April futures contract of gold ended over 4% lower on the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India.

 

Among other companies whose stocks took a hit after the release of their December quarter results, Cohance Lifesciences closed over 10% lower after the company's net profit declined for the third consecutive quarter, plummeting 76% on year. Shares of Engineers India rose 11.5?ter the company's net profit jumped more than threefold on year to INR 3.02 billion. Shares of Alkem Laboratories ended almost 8% lower after the company's consolidated net profit fell 17% on quarter and was only marginally up year-on-year.

 

* Of the Nifty 50 stocks, 6 rose and 44 fell

* Of the Sensex stocks, 2 rose and 28 fell

* On the NSE, 766 stocks rose, 2,388 fell, and 95 were unchanged

* On the BSE, 1,318 stocks rose, 2,882 fell, and 168 were unchanged

* Nifty Metal: down 3.3%; Nifty Realty: down 2.2%; Nifty Energy: down 2.04%

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BSE                                                 NSE

Sensex: 82626.76, down 1048.16 points or 1.3%       Nifty 50: 25471.10, down 336.10 points or 1.3%

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S&P BSE Sensitive Index	Nifty 50
Lifetime High: 86159.02 (Dec. 1, 2025)	: Lifetime High: 26373.20 (Jan. 5, 2026)
Record Close High: 85836.12 (Sept. 26, 2024)	: Record Close High: 26328.55 (Jan. 2, 2026)
2026 1st day close: 85188.60 (Jan. 1)	: 2026 1st day close: 26146.55 (Jan. 1)
2026 Closing High: 85762.01 (Jan. 2)	: 2026 Closing High: 26328.55 (Jan. 2)
2026 Closing Low: 80722.94 (Feb. 1)	: 2026 Closing Low: 24825.45 (Feb. 1)
2026 High (intraday): 85883.50 (Jan. 5)	: 2026 High (intraday): 26373.20 (Jan. 5)
2026 Low (intraday): 79899.42 (Feb. 1)	: 2026 Low (intraday): 24571.75 (Feb. 1)
2025 1st day close: 78507.41 (Jan. 1)	: 2025 1st day close: 23742.90 (Jan. 1)
2025 Closing High: 85720.38 (Nov. 27)	: 2025 Closing High: 26215.55 (Nov. 27)
2025 Closing Low: 72989.93 (Mar. 4)	: 2025 Closing Low: 22082.65 (Mar. 4)
2025 High (intraday): 86159.02 (Dec. 1)	: 2025 High (intraday): 26325.80 (Dec.1)
2025 Low (intraday): 71425.01 (Apr. 7)	: 2025 Low (intraday): 21743.65 (Apr. 7)
2024 1st day close: 72271.94 (Jan. 1)	: 2024 1st day close: 21741.90 (Jan. 1)
2024 Closing High: 85836.12 (Sept. 26)	: 2024 Closing High: 26216.05 (Sept. 26)
2024 Closing Low: 70370.55 (Jan. 23)	: 2024 Closing Low: 21238.80 (Jan. 23)
2024 High (intraday): 85978.25 (Sep. 27)	: 2024 High (intraday): 26277.35 (Sept. 27)
2024 Low (intraday): 70001.60 (Jan. 24)	: 2024 Low (intraday): 21137.20 (Jan. 24)
2023 1st day close: 61167.79 (Jan. 2)	: 2023 1st day close: 18197.45 (Jan. 2)
2023 Closing High: 72410.38 (Dec. 28)	: 2023 Closing High: 21778.70 (Dec. 28)
2023 Closing Low: 59288.35 (Feb. 27)	: 2023 Closing Low: 17311.80 (Oct. 17)
2023 High (intraday): 72484.34 (Dec. 28)	: 2023 High (intraday): 21801.45 (Dec. 28)
2023 Low (intraday): 58699.20 (Jan. 30)	: 2023 Low (intraday): 17098.55 (Jan. 17)
2022 1st day close: 59183.22 (Jan. 3)	: 2022 1st day close: 17625.70 (Jan. 3)
2022 Closing High: 63284.19 (Dec. 1)	: 2022 Closing High: 18812.50 (Dec. 1)
2022 Closing Low: 51360.42 (Jun. 17)	: 2022 Closing Low: 15293.50 (Jun. 17)
2022 High (intraday): 63583.07 (Dec. 1)	: 2022 High (intraday): 18887.60 (Dec. 1)
2022 Low (intraday): 50921.22 (Jun. 17)	: 2022 Low (intraday): 15183.40 (Jun. 17)
2021 Closing High: 61305.95 (Oct. 14)	: 2021 Closing High: 18338.55 (Oct. 14)
2021 Closing Low: 46285.77 (Jan. 29)	: 2021 Closing Low: 13634.60 (Jan. 29)
2021 High (intraday): 61353.25 (Oct. 14)	: 2021 High (intraday): 18350.75 (Oct. 14)
2021 Low (intraday): 46160.46 (Jan. 29)	: 2021 Low (intraday): 13596.75 (Jan. 29)
2020 Closing High: 47751.33 (Dec. 31)	: 2020 Closing High: 13981.95 (Dec. 30)
2020 Closing Low: 25981.24 (Mar. 23)	: 2020 Closing Low: 7610.25 (Mar. 23)
2020 High (intraday): 47896.97 (Dec. 31)	: 2020 High (intraday): 14024.85 (Dec. 31)
2020 Low (intraday): 25638.90 (Mar. 24)	: 2020 Low (intraday): 7511.10 (Mar. 24)
2019 High (intraday): 41809.96 (Dec. 20)	: 2019 High (intraday): 12293.90 (Dec. 20)
2019 Low (intraday): 35287.16 (Feb. 19)	: 2019 Low (intraday): 10583.65 (Jan. 29)
2018 High (intraday): 38938.91(Aug. 28))	: 2018 High(intraday): 11760.20 (Aug. 28)
2018 Low (intraday): 32483.8 (Mar. 23)	: 2018 Low (intraday): 9951.9 (Mar. 23)
2017 High (intraday): 34005.37 (Dec. 26)	: 2017 High(intraday): 10515.10 (Dec. 26)

 

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Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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