Indices remain in green in late morning deals

Domestic equity indices remained in green in late morning deals as investors opted to buy beaten down but fundamentally strong stocks. Buying in HDFC Bank, Power Grid, ITC, NTPC and Eternal companies’ stocks heled the markets to trade in green. There were some encouragements in markets as Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said the interim trade agreement reached between the Centre and the US will cover India’s energy requirements and enable the country to obtain crude oil at more competitive rates. On the BSE sectoral front, traders were seen piling up positions in Power, Utilities, Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods, while selling was witnessed in IT, Auto, TECK, Basic Materials and Consumer Disc.

On the global front, Asian markets were trading in green despite Japan reported its economy grew a miserly 0.2% annualised in the December quarter, far below the 1.6% gain forecast as government spending dragged on activity. Back home, Billionbrains Garage Ventures, BSE, Angel One and MCX were trading under pressure after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced amendments to banks’ capital market exposure norms. The RBI will tighten norms governing bank lending to capital market intermediaries from April 1, 2026, requiring all such credit facilities to be fully backed by eligible collateral and subject to stricter monitoring

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 82755.92, up by 129.16 points or 0.16% after trading in a range of 82276.95 and 82905.13. There were 15 stocks advancing against 15 stocks declining on the index.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Power up by 1.72%, Utilities up by 1.45%, Healthcare up by 0.65%, Consumer Durables up by 0.50% and Capital Goods up by 0.46%, while IT down by 0.96%, Auto down by 0.75%, TECK down by 0.58%, Basic Materials down by 0.33% and Consumer Disc down by 0.32% were the top losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Power Grid up by 3.86%, HDFC Bank up by 1.73%, NTPC up by 1.34%, ITC up by 1.21% and Eternal up by 1.16%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 2.07%, Tech Mahindra down by 1.71%, Maruti Suzuki down by 1.17%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 0.76% and ICICI Bank down by 0.66% were the top losers.

Meanwhile, the power ministry has said that India has achieved a record addition of 52,537 megawatts (MW) of electricity generation capacity from all sources during April-January period in the ongoing fiscal year (FY26).  It said this expansion marks the highest-ever capacity addition in a single financial year, exceeding the earlier record of 34,054 MW achieved during the previous financial year.   

The ministry noted that of the total capacity added, 39,657 MW has been added from renewable energy sources, which includes 34,955 MW of solar power, 4,613 MW of wind power. Further, this also implies that during 2025-26 (up to January 31, 2026), there was an addition of more than 11% to the total installed capacity of the country.  

It further said with the addition, India's total installed power generation capacity reached at 520,510.95 MW in the first 10 months of FY26, comprising fossil fuel-based capacity of 248,541.62 MW; non-fossil fuel capacity of 271,969.33 MW; nuclear power of 8,780 MW, and renewable energy sources of 263,189.33 MW.  

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 25517.80, up by 46.70 points or 0.18% after trading in a range of 25372.70 and 25561.85. There were 26 stocks advancing against 25 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Power Grid up by 4.13%, Coal India up by 3.13%, HDFC Bank up by 2.03%, NTPC up by 1.54% and ONGC up by 1.33%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 2.11%, Tech Mahindra down by 1.57%, Maruti Suzuki down by 1.28%, JIO Financial down by 1.23% and Bajaj Auto down by 1.07% were the top losers.

Asian markets were trading higher; Nikkei 225 gained 51.03 points or 0.09 % to 56,993.00, Hang Seng advanced 138.82 points or 0.52 % to 26,705.94 and Straits Times rose 0.80 points or 0.02% to 4,938.58.