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15 Stories Dalal Street

Is Talking About Today

Tuesday, 10 March 2026  ·  Vol. 1  ·  Issue 5  ·  Daily Edition  ·  Rupie Times Editorial Team

NIFTY 50

24,261.60

+233.55

SENSEX

78,205.98

+639.82

BRENT CRUDE

~$95/bbl

-9% (Trump signal)

INDIA VIX

~20.47

Easing from 24.49

▲  BULLISH / POSITIVE

▼  BEARISH / CONCERN

●  NEUTRAL / WATCH

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[MARKETS]  Sensex closed +640 pts at 78,205 and Nifty settled +233 pts at 24,261 — markets snapped a brutal two-day losing streak on Trump's Iran war "ending very soon" signal.

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[CRUDE OIL]  Brent crude crashed ~9% from its terrifying $119 intraday peak (Monday) to settle near $95 — the biggest single-day oil price fall in months, the day's single most powerful catalyst.

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03

[AUTO SECTOR]  Nifty Auto was the top sectoral gainer at 3%+ — Maruti Suzuki, M&M, Eicher Motors all surged as lower crude directly signals lower fuel costs and improved OEM demand outlook.

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04

[AVIATION]  IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation) rose 3.26% — the crude crash is near-immediate relief for airline fuel economics; SpiceJet's CEO separately flagged rising ticket prices as a concern for consumers.

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05

[REDINGTON]  Redington Ltd surged 15%+ after a report that Apple now manufactures ~25% of iPhones in India — Redington, as Apple's official India distributor, is a direct beneficiary of India's electronics manufacturing rise.

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06

[DIXON TECHNOLOGIES]  Dixon Technologies rose 10% — the best performer in the BSE 100 today — after receiving government approval for its JV with China's HKC Overseas for display manufacturing.

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07

[SHRIRAM FINANCE]  Shriram Finance was the Nifty 50's top gainer today at +6.5% — a powerful oversold bounce after Monday's 6.1% crash, led by relief on the macro outlook as crude eased.

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08

[DEFENCE]  Indonesia signed an agreement with India to procure BrahMos missiles — Bharat Dynamics, BEL, and Data Patterns are on the watch list; defence export momentum continues even through the market storm.

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09

[MINDA CORP]  Minda Corporation rose 4% after announcing a JV with Turntide Technologies for EV powertrain components — clean strategic move in a week where most news was about oil and war.

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10

[NSE F&O EXPANSION]  NSE announced Adani Power, Cochin Shipyard, Hyundai Motor India, Nippon Life AMC, Vishal Mega Mart, and Motilal Oswal Financial Services will be included in the F&O segment from 1 April — watch for increased institutional activity in these names.

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11

[BANKING]  Maharashtra's farm loan waiver announcement (Monday) triggered selling in state-owned banks — Union Bank and IDFC First Bank among hardest hit; Bank Nifty saw its steepest single-day fall since April 2025.

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12

[IT SECTOR]  Infosys, TCS, HCLTech, Wipro, and Tech Mahindra were among the Nifty's top laggards today — global IT spending concerns and AI disruption fears are creating a structural headwind that the crude bounce did nothing to fix.

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[OIL & GAS / ONGC]  ONGC and other oil exploration stocks declined — crude's 9% fall hurt upstream E&P names even as it helped the broader market; Reliance Industries also among top losers as the oil price reversal hit its energy segment.

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[INDIA VIX]  India VIX eased intraday from Monday's peak of 24.49 to approximately 20.47 — fear is receding but not gone; a sustained close below 18–19 would signal the panic phase is fully behind us.

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[TORRENT POWER]  Torrent Power raised ₹2,000 crore through Non-Convertible Debentures at a 7.97% coupon rate via private placement — India's infrastructure capital markets remain active even through the geopolitical storm.

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"One sentence changed the market's entire week."

Trump's Iran signal collapsed crude oil 9%. That single data point reversed 15 stories simultaneously — auto up, aviation up, paints up, NBFCs up, VIX down, rupee up. The 3 stories that didn't recover: IT (structural), ONGC (crude-linked), and PSU banks (farm waiver overhang). Watch those three. The rest is noise.

WATCH

Iran de-escalation follow-through

Crude oil — hold below $90 or bounce back?

FII data for today's session (post-market)

Nifty close above 24,450 = stabilisation signal

RISK

Trump reversal — any escalation = crude spikes again

Feb CPI data Thursday — Jan was 2.75% (above 2.4% est)

IT sector remains structurally weak — no crude cure

PSU banks — Maharashtra farm waiver impact still live

Stay Informed. Stay Sharp. Stay Invested.

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