Oquilia Market Pulse
Stock market on 2 March 2026
As of 2 Mar 2026 NSE close1 session, moves from the 27 Feb 2026 close
The Nifty 50 closed at 24,865.70 on 2 March 2026, down 312.95 points (−1.24%). Of 2,220 NSE main-board stocks, 254 rose and 1,963 fell; in the Nifty 500, 58 rose and 431 fell. Among sectoral and thematic indices, Nifty India Defence led, up 0.49%, and Nifty India Tourism trailed, down 3.34%.
- Nifty 50
- −1.24%
- at 24,865.70
- Rose / fell, all NSE
- 254 / 1,963
- 3 unchanged
- Rose / fell, Nifty 500
- 58 / 431
- 52-week highs / lows
- –
- Nifty 500 stocks
Headline indices
Moves over the session, from NSE's closing values.
| Index | Close | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | 24,865.70 | −312.95 | −1.24% |
| Nifty Next 50 | 68,650.25 | −1,060.65 | −1.52% |
| Nifty 500 | 22,835.95 | −330.90 | −1.43% |
| Nifty Bank | 59,839.65 | −689.35 | −1.14% |
| NIFTY Midcap 100 | 58,180.50 | −935.10 | −1.58% |
| NIFTY Smallcap 100 | 16,632.40 | −296.50 | −1.75% |
| India VIX | 17.13 | +3.43 | +25.04% |
Sectors and themes
Every NSE sectoral and thematic index, ranked by its move over the session. Broad-market, strategy and bond indices are left out.
Leaders
- Nifty India Defence+0.49%
- Nifty Metal+0.24%
- Nifty Pharma+0.02%
- Nifty Healthcare Index−0.09%
- Nifty CPSE−0.17%
- Nifty500 Healthcare−0.39%
- Nifty FMCG−0.76%
- Nifty MidSmall Healthcare−0.86%
Laggards
- Nifty India Tourism−3.34%
- Nifty India Railways PSU−2.62%
- Nifty Mobility−2.60%
- Nifty Transportation & Logistics−2.45%
- Nifty Infrastructure−2.23%
- Nifty India New Age Consumption−2.22%
- Nifty EV & New Age Automotive−2.20%
- Nifty Auto−2.20%
All 55 sectoral and thematic indices
| Index | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nifty India Defence | 8,166.50 | +0.49% |
| Nifty Metal | 12,269.80 | +0.24% |
| Nifty Pharma | 22,956.70 | +0.02% |
| Nifty Healthcare Index | 14,857.35 | −0.09% |
| Nifty CPSE | 7,074.75 | −0.17% |
| Nifty500 Healthcare | 18,785.75 | −0.39% |
| Nifty FMCG | 50,751.65 | −0.76% |
| Nifty MidSmall Healthcare | 43,578.25 | −0.86% |
| Nifty India Corporate Group Index - Aditya Birla Group | 9,141.09 | −0.87% |
| Nifty REITs & InvITs | 1,355.09 | −0.88% |
| Nifty Private Bank | 28,357.95 | −0.91% |
| Nifty PSE | 10,354.50 | −0.97% |
| Nifty India Manufacturing | 15,606.20 | −1.05% |
| Nifty Commodities | 9,849.55 | −1.07% |
| Nifty IT | 30,272.95 | −1.08% |
| Nifty Services Sector | 31,975.15 | −1.08% |
| Nifty Financial Services | 27,564.10 | −1.10% |
| Nifty Financial Services 25/50 | 29,888.95 | −1.13% |
| Nifty Bank | 59,839.65 | −1.14% |
| Nifty MNC | 31,334.70 | −1.16% |
| Nifty Chemicals | 27,386.35 | −1.36% |
| Nifty India Corporate Group Index - Tata Group | 14,951.10 | −1.38% |
| Nifty Cement | 15,769.54 | −1.39% |
| Nifty Rural | 15,789.50 | −1.43% |
| Nifty Capital Markets | 4,535.65 | −1.47% |
| Nifty India Corporate Group Index - Tata Group 25% Cap | 14,797.35 | −1.50% |
| Nifty MidSmall Financial Services | 20,275.55 | −1.50% |
| Nifty Core Housing | 14,843.15 | −1.60% |
| Nifty Energy | 36,453.40 | −1.60% |
| Nifty India Consumption | 11,352.85 | −1.60% |
| Nifty India Digital | 7,731.80 | −1.61% |
| Nifty Realty | 768.05 | −1.61% |
| Nifty Financial Services Ex-Bank | 30,869.70 | −1.66% |
| Nifty Housing | 11,825.30 | −1.67% |
| Nifty Non-Cyclical Consumer | 14,648.85 | −1.67% |
| Nifty MidSmall IT & Telecom | 8,355.65 | −1.69% |
| Nifty India Select 5 Corporate Groups (MAATR) | 36,461.00 | −1.70% |
| Nifty India Corporate Group Index - Mahindra Group | 35,503.03 | −1.75% |
| Nifty MidSmall India Consumption | 17,717.55 | −1.81% |
| Nifty Media | 1,390.35 | −1.82% |
| Nifty India Infrastructure & Logistics | 11,221.20 | −1.84% |
| Nifty PSU Bank | 9,639.35 | −1.84% |
| Nifty Conglomerate 50 | 14,360.90 | −1.90% |
| Nifty India Internet | 1,157.20 | −2.14% |
| Nifty Consumer Durables | 36,778.35 | −2.15% |
| Nifty Oil & Gas | 12,001.30 | −2.15% |
| Nifty Waves | 1,861.10 | −2.18% |
| Nifty Auto | 27,540.10 | −2.20% |
| Nifty EV & New Age Automotive | 3,018.90 | −2.20% |
| Nifty India New Age Consumption | 10,886.50 | −2.22% |
| Nifty Infrastructure | 9,320.10 | −2.23% |
| Nifty Transportation & Logistics | 24,579.60 | −2.45% |
| Nifty Mobility | 22,278.65 | −2.60% |
| Nifty India Railways PSU | 3,119.50 | −2.62% |
| Nifty India Tourism | 7,534.85 | −3.34% |
Nifty 500: top gainers and losers
Price moves over the session, adjusted for splits and bonuses.
Gainers
| # | Company | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tejas Networks Ltd.TEJASNET | Rs 484.70 | +11.21% |
| 2 | Sterlite Technologies Ltd.STLTECH | Rs 172.45 | +8.34% |
| 3 | Prime Focus Ltd.PFOCUS | Rs 275.35 | +8.05% |
| 4 | Poly Medicure Ltd.POLYMED | Rs 1,314.00 | +4.61% |
| 5 | Solar Industries India Ltd.SOLARINDS | Rs 13,989.00 | +3.59% |
| 6 | Piramal Finance Ltd.PIRAMALFIN | Rs 1,801.00 | +3.59% |
| 7 | Finolex Cables Ltd.FINCABLES | Rs 946.45 | +3.58% |
| 8 | Muthoot Finance Ltd.MUTHOOTFIN | Rs 3,471.90 | +3.53% |
| 9 | Aditya Infotech Ltd.CPPLUS | Rs 1,742.50 | +3.17% |
| 10 | Tube Investments of India Ltd.TIINDIA | Rs 2,837.60 | +3.06% |
Losers
| # | Company | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicswallah Ltd.PWL | Rs 80.81 | −6.65% |
| 2 | Railtel Corporation Of India Ltd.RAILTEL | Rs 293.55 | −6.41% |
| 3 | InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.INDIGO | Rs 4,520.40 | −6.36% |
| 4 | Redington Ltd.REDINGTON | Rs 262.85 | −6.28% |
| 5 | IFCI Ltd.IFCI | Rs 56.34 | −6.07% |
| 6 | Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.PARADEEP | Rs 114.54 | −5.73% |
| 7 | Authum Investment & Infrastructure Ltd.AIIL | Rs 454.35 | −5.71% |
| 8 | Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd.HSCL | Rs 457.45 | −5.65% |
| 9 | Olectra Greentech Ltd.OLECTRA | Rs 941.30 | −5.60% |
| 10 | Asahi India Glass Ltd.ASAHIINDIA | Rs 850.85 | −5.53% |
Volume shockers
Liquid stocks whose shares traded in the session were at least twice their own 20-session average before the session.
| Company | Close | Change | Volume vs norm | Shares a session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jindal Drilling And Industries Ltd.JINDRILLRs 522.15 · +17.3% | Rs 522.15 | +17.26% | 143.6x | 1,01,37,785norm 70,593 |
| Ideaforge Technology Ltd.IDEAFORGERs 441.30 · +6.8% | Rs 441.30 | +6.85% | 97.6x | 1,46,48,342norm 1,50,076 |
| Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd.PARASRs 670.85 · +5.2% | Rs 670.85 | +5.18% | 53.2x | 1,78,09,445norm 3,34,558 |
| Fino Payments Bank Ltd.FINOPBRs 190.97 · −0.6% | Rs 190.97 | −0.63% | 13.8x | 44,35,226norm 3,22,278 |
| Tejas Networks Ltd.TEJASNETTelecommunicationRs 484.70 · +11.2% | Rs 484.70 | +11.21% | 13x | 14,29,92,425norm 1,09,90,863 |
| Dredging Corporation of India Ltd.DREDGECORPRs 975.90 · +2.6% | Rs 975.90 | +2.60% | 11.1x | 27,80,602norm 2,51,320 |
| IIFL Capital Services Ltd.IIFLCAPSRs 315.95 · +9.5% | Rs 315.95 | +9.51% | 10.3x | 63,99,305norm 6,21,922 |
| Supreme Petrochem Ltd.SPLPETRORs 677.60 · −5.5% | Rs 677.60 | −5.47% | 8.1x | 6,76,105norm 83,928 |
| Birla Corporation Ltd.BIRLACORPNRs 936.30 · −6.4% | Rs 936.30 | −6.43% | 6.1x | 4,20,941norm 68,963 |
| Apollo Micro Systems Ltd.APOLLORs 214.02 · −10.0% | Rs 214.02 | −10.00% | 6x | 1,45,03,872norm 24,09,766 |
| Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands Ltd.ABLBLRs 100.81 · −1.2% | Rs 100.81 | −1.24% | 5.9x | 69,29,041norm 11,73,810 |
| Chalet Hotels Ltd.CHALETRs 784.50 · −2.9% | Rs 784.50 | −2.92% | 5.6x | 5,79,942norm 1,03,070 |
| Ganesh Consumer Products Ltd.GANESHCPRs 185.70 · +5.5% | Rs 185.70 | +5.46% | 5.3x | 8,08,814norm 1,51,874 |
| KEI Industries Ltd.KEICapital GoodsRs 5,206.00 · +2.5% | Rs 5,206.00 | +2.47% | 5.3x | 15,82,606norm 2,97,291 |
| ICRA Ltd.ICRARs 5,706.50 · +3.2% | Rs 5,706.50 | +3.17% | 5.2x | 26,001norm 5,014 |
Delivery spikes
Liquid stocks where at least half the traded shares were delivered, 15 points or more above their own 20-session norm.
| Company | Close | Change | Delivered | 20-session norm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puravankara Ltd.PURVARs 191.32 · −3.6% | Rs 191.32 | −3.61% | 73.8% | 21.9% |
| Amagi Media Labs Ltd.AMAGIRs 379.95 · −0.5% | Rs 379.95 | −0.54% | 78.7% | 36% |
| Ashiana Housing Ltd.ASHIANARs 323.20 · −0.3% | Rs 323.20 | −0.34% | 55.6% | 13.4% |
| Sheela Foam Ltd.SFLRs 554.25 · +1.2% | Rs 554.25 | +1.23% | 62.9% | 21.6% |
| Rane (Madras) Ltd.RMLRs 819.15 · −2.5% | Rs 819.15 | −2.55% | 65.3% | 24.3% |
| Gandhi Special Tubes Ltd.GANDHITUBERs 847.70 · −3.0% | Rs 847.70 | −2.95% | 62% | 21.6% |
| India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.ITDCRs 496.20 · −5.6% | Rs 496.20 | −5.61% | 60% | 20.7% |
| Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands Ltd.ABLBLRs 100.81 · −1.2% | Rs 100.81 | −1.24% | 92.1% | 53.3% |
| Pfizer Ltd.PFIZERRs 4,911.50 · −3.0% | Rs 4,911.50 | −2.98% | 57.5% | 19.2% |
| KN Agri Resources Ltd.KNAGRIRs 188.75 · +5.0% | Rs 188.75 | +5.00% | 71.8% | 36.3% |
| Kirloskar Electric Company Ltd.KECLRs 85.23 · −4.7% | Rs 85.23 | −4.72% | 52.3% | 17.5% |
| Nilkamal Ltd.NILKAMALRs 1,347.00 · −2.0% | Rs 1,347.00 | −1.99% | 83.6% | 50.6% |
| Monarch Networth Capital Ltd.MONARCHRs 268.95 · −3.8% | Rs 268.95 | −3.76% | 84.8% | 52.4% |
| Commercial Syn Bags Ltd.COMSYNRs 153.29 · −1.0% | Rs 153.29 | −1.00% | 68% | 36.3% |
| Laxmi India Finance Ltd.LAXMIINDIARs 90.41 · −4.1% | Rs 90.41 | −4.07% | 71.4% | 39.8% |
New 52-week highs and lows
On closing prices adjusted for splits and bonuses; a stock needs a full year of record to count.
Oquilia’s record of NSE closes starts on 1 October 2025, so 52-week figures begin with October 2026.
Stocks nearest their 52-week high · nearest their 52-week low
Bulk and block deals
Trades NSE discloses by name: a bulk deal is over 0.5% of a company's shares in a day; a block deal goes through NSE's separate block window. Largest by value over the session.
NSE publishes only the latest session’s deal files, so Oquilia’s record of them starts on 27 October 2026.
No bulk or block deal on record for the session.
How these numbers are made
- Stock movesare closing prices against the previous close, adjusted on each ex-date for splits, bonuses and rights from NSE’s corporate-action list, and chained over the week or month. Dividends are not added back.
- Breadthcounts NSE main-board companies (EQ and trade-for-trade series, ETFs left out) that traded in the period; the Nifty 500 is today’s list of members.
- Indicesare NSE’s own closing values; a week’s or month’s move runs from the close before it began.
- Volume and deliveryare judged against each stock’s own 20 sessions before the period, among liquid stocks only: EQ series, a close of Rs 10 or more, Rs 1 crore or more traded a session over those 20 sessions, and trades on at least 80% of them.
- Sources. NSE equity bhavcopy (prices, volume, delivery); NSE index closing values; NSE corporate actions and price data (PR zip); NSE bulk deals (latest session); NSE block deals (latest session); NSE Nifty 500 constituents.
Questions
How did the Nifty 50 do on 2 March 2026?
The Nifty 50 closed at 24,865.70, down 1.24% from the close on 27 February 2026. Nifty Bank −1.14%, NIFTY Midcap 100 −1.58%, NIFTY Smallcap 100 −1.75%.
Which sectors did best and worst on 2 March 2026?
Best: Nifty India Defence (+0.49%), Nifty Metal (+0.24%) and Nifty Pharma (+0.02%). Worst: Nifty India Tourism (−3.34%), Nifty India Railways PSU (−2.62%) and Nifty Mobility (−2.60%). These are NSE's sectoral and thematic indices.
How many stocks rose on 2 March 2026?
254 NSE main-board stocks rose, 1,963 fell and 3 were unchanged. In the Nifty 500, 58 rose and 431 fell. Moves are adjusted for splits and bonuses.
Which Nifty 500 stocks moved most on 2 March 2026?
Gainers: Tejas Networks Ltd. (TEJASNET) +11.2%, Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (STLTECH) +8.3% and Prime Focus Ltd. (PFOCUS) +8.1%. Losers: Physicswallah Ltd. (PWL) −6.7%, Railtel Corporation Of India Ltd. (RAILTEL) −6.4% and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (INDIGO) −6.4%.
What is a volume shocker?
A liquid stock whose shares traded in the session were at least twice its own average over the 20 sessions before. On 2 March 2026 the largest were Jindal Drilling And Industries Ltd. (143.6x), Ideaforge Technology Ltd. (97.6x) and Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd. (53.2x). Heavy volume records interest in a stock, not its direction.
What does a delivery spike show?
Delivery is the share of traded quantity that changed hands for keeps rather than being squared off the same day. A spike here means at least half the shares traded were delivered, 15 points or more above the stock's own 20-session norm. The largest on 2 March 2026: Puravankara Ltd. (73.8% against 21.9%), Amagi Media Labs Ltd. (78.7% against 36%) and Ashiana Housing Ltd. (55.6% against 13.4%).
Where do these numbers come from?
From NSE's own end-of-day files: the equity bhavcopy for prices, volumes and delivery, the index closing-value file for every index, the daily PR file for corporate actions, and NSE's bulk and block deal files. Nothing here is advice to buy or sell any security.
Facts, not advice.These lists record how prices moved, from NSE’s own files. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security, and a past move says nothing about the next one. Oquilia is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser or research analyst.