Market Wrap 2026-08-18: NIFTY Drops 0.55%, SENSEX at 77,235.46
Daily Indian market wrap for 2026-08-18. NIFTY, SENSEX, sector breadth, top headlines.
Market summary — 2026-08-18
NIFTY 50 closed at 24,154.9 (-0.55%, -132.75 points). SENSEX closed at 77,235.46 (-0.63%, -492.70 points). GIFT NIFTY was at 24,191 (-0.44%).
Sector breadth
- 3 sectors advanced, 9 declined (out of 12 tracked).
Top sector gainers:
- Nifty Media: +0.40%
- Nifty Auto: +0.30%
- Nifty Pharma: +0.08%
Top sector losers:
- Nifty IT: -1.93%
- Nifty Realty: -1.42%
- Nifty PSU Bank: -1.01%
Top headlines
- Top Gainers & Losers on 18 August: PTC Industries, Inox Wind, Mphasis, Tata Elxsi, Suzlon Energy among top losers — LiveMint
- Defence stocks fire up! Paras Defence, GRSE, other stocks jump up to 10% as govt notifies 6th indigenisation list — ET Stocks
- Sensex crashes almost 500 points, Nifty 50 extends losses for 6th consecutive session — LiveMint
- Missed declaring foreign assets? Here's your relief window—with a catch. — LiveMint Money
- AI can answer your money questions. But should you trust it with your finances? — LiveMint Money
Where to look next
- Live India markets dashboard — all indices, sectors, news, and 8 business TV channels on one screen
- FII / DII flows — institutional buy/sell activity
- NIFTY PE ratio — current valuation vs 20-year history
- MTF comparison — cheapest broker for margin positions
Data sourced from Yahoo Finance and LiveMint / Economic Times / NDTV Profit RSS feeds. This is an automated market wrap, not investment advice.
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