Nifty extends winning streak for third day on Wednesday

18 Feb 2026 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- extended its winning streak for the third consecutive session and ended higher on Wednesday, led by gains in financial and metal stocks. After making a flat-to-positive start, soon indices traded around neutral line, as continued weakness in IT stocks weighed on sentiments amid concerns over potential Artificial Intelligence-led disruption. Investors remained on sidelines ahead of release of key economic data from the US in the coming days. However, last hour buying helps market to gained some traction and ended near day’s high point, as some support came amid foreign fund inflows as foreign institutional investors (FIIs) turned net buyers and purchased equities worth Rs 995.21 crore, on Tuesday. Market participants also took note of India and France elevating their ties to a ‘special global strategic partnership’ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron undertaking significant ramp up of bilateral cooperation in areas of defence, trade and technology.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except IT stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were HDFC Life Insurance Company, Marico and BSE. On the other hand, the top losers were Waaree Energies, LTIMindtree and KPIT Technologies. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 26900 - 27100 calls and 24900 - 25100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

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