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Stock Market Today LIVE: The Indian stock market traded sharply lower on Thursday, February 19, amid heavy selling across sectors. The frontline indices, Sensex and Nifty 50 opened higher, but gave up early gains as sell-off intensified in realty, auto, FMCG, and metals and financial stocks.

The Sensex opened 235.57 points, or 0.28%, higher at 83,969.82, while the Nifty 50 gained 54.00 points, or 0.21%, to open at 25,873.35.

However, bears tightened grip and the Sensex slumped over 700 points, while the Nifty 50 slipped below 25,600 level.

Broader markets also weighed on the sentiment, as the Nifty Smallcap 100 index declined 0.6% and the Nifty Midcap 100 indices slumped 1%.

All the sectoral indices were trading in the red, with Nifty Realty, Nifty PSU Banks, Nifty FMCG, Nifty Auto and Nifty Media falling the most.

Globally, Asian markets traded higher, with South Korea’s Kospi index hitting a fresh record high. On Wall Street overnight, all three major indices of the US stock market ended higher, lifted by gains in technology stocks.

The domestic benchmark indices fell more than half a percent despite strong global cues on Thursday. Here are key reasons why Indian stock market fell today.

Firstly, investors opted for profit booking after three straight consecutive sessions of rally. With major macro triggers, including the Budget, India-US deal, and RBI policy, behind and the Q3 results season over, the market is witnessing stock-specific action amid a lack of fresh domestic triggers.

Secondly, the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's January meeting showed that officials are divided on the interest rate path ahead, with several policymakers keeping the option of rate hikes on the table.

Technically, Nifty 50 faced resistance in the zone of 25,850 – 25,900 levels, wherein it witnessed selling pressure.

In the commodity market, gold and silver prices traded lower after as the US dollar firmed ahead of a key US inflation report due later this week. Spot gold prices dipped 0.4% to $4,961.57 per ounce, while US gold futures for April delivery were down 0.6% at $4,981. Spot silver price eased 0.5% to $76.83 per ounce after dropping more than 5% in the previous session.

MCX gold rate today for April futures contracts opened lower by ₹629, or 0.40%, at ₹1,55,132 per 10 grams as against its previous close of ₹1,55,761 level. MCX silver price for March futures contracts opened lower by ₹1,829, or 0.74%, at ₹2,42,439 per kg as against its previous close of ₹2,44,268 level.

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Stock Market Today LIVE: Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) dumped Indian information technology (IT) stocks worth nearly ₹11,000 crore in the first half of February, amid mounting concerns over artificial intelligence (AI)-led disruption in the sector. FPIs were net sellers of Indian IT shares to the tune of ₹10,956 crore between February 1 and 15, according to data from the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). This follows FPI outflows of ₹1,835 crore from the IT sector in January 2026.

As a result, total FPI investment in IT stocks declined nearly 16% to ₹4,48,938 crore as of February 15, 2026, down from ₹5,33,953 crore at the end of January.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Today’s market weakness largely reflects tactical profit-taking rather than any meaningful deterioration in underlying fundamentals. The intensity of the move indicates active unwinding of short-term positions and leveraged trades, not a structural shift in investor sentiment.

Several factors appear to have aligned. Traders booked profits after recent gains, a common pattern once momentum phases mature. At the same time, global cues turned cautious amid lingering uncertainty around the path of US interest rates, which typically tempers risk appetite toward emerging markets. Elevated crude prices and synchronized weakness across cyclical sectors such as financials, metals, autos, and consumption further weighed on sentiment, said Harshal Dasani, Business Head, INVasset PMS.

Crucially, market internals suggest rotation rather than distress. The decline has been widespread yet orderly, with selective resilience in defensives and technology counters, implying portfolio rebalancing instead of panic selling. Viewed in context, such phases of consolidation are characteristic of ongoing bull cycles, where periodic corrections help absorb excess froth and strengthen the durability of the broader trend, he added.

Large-cap IT stock Infosys is a great illustration of the power of long-term investing. A modest ₹1 lakh investment at Infosys’ listing in June 1993, when the shares were priced at ₹145 would have turned to ₹16.7 crore today. The IT stock was listed at ₹145, which means a ₹1 lakh investment would have fetched around 689 shares at the time.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Post listing, Kwality Wall’s India share price has faced valuation pressure, primarily due to subdued sentiment surrounding the ongoing open offer at an ~29% discount to the listed price, as well as trading restrictions following Kwality Wall’s India’s placement in the T-Group, said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments.

Additionally, sequential margin pressures across peers and the inherently seasonal nature of the ice cream business have weighed on near-term performance. The open offer by Magnum Ice Cream Company is part of Unilever’s larger plan to carve out and build a standalone global ice cream platform. While near-term headwinds and competitive intensity remain, the company’s focused category presence, strong global parentage, established brand equity, and scalable operating model position it well for sustained growth. These factors may help support a more favourable valuation trajectory over the medium to long term, he added.

Investors lost about ₹4 lakh crore as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to nearly ₹468 lakh crore during the day from ₹472 lakh crore in the previous session. Profit booking after the recent rally, and US Federal Reserve’s mixed signals are among key factors why Indian stock market is falling today.

Barring Infosys, TCS and Titan Company, all other stocks in Sensex were trading in the red.

Markets are witnessing some profit booking after three consecutive sessions of gains, but this does not yet signal a confirmed trend reversal. The Nifty 50 continues to hold above the crucial 25,150 – 25,200 support zone, which remains the key level to watch. Momentum indicators like RSI have recovered from oversold territory and are hovering near neutral levels, suggesting consolidation rather than fresh weakness, said Drumil Vithlani, Technical Analyst at Bonanza.

As long as the Nifty 50 index sustains above 25,150, the broader recovery structure remains intact with potential to retest 26,000 – 26,200. However, a decisive break below support could trigger renewed selling pressure and open the door towards 24,800 in the near term, he added.

Stock Market Today LIVE: SpiceJet has received a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the induction of 10 aircraft. This development follows the Board’s approval, announced last week, for a calibrated ramp-up of the fleet to 60 aircraft through a mix of wet and damp leases, along with the phased return to service of existing grounded aircraft.

The airline doubled its capacity in the last quarter, with Available Seat Kilometres (ASKMs) rising from around 55 crore to 105 crore, reflecting a sharp increase in network strength. SpiceJet plans to more than double its capacity during the year, targeting 220 crore Available Seat Kilometres by Winter 2026, while operating over 300 daily flights across its network. SpiceJet share price gained over 2% during the session.

The Indian stock market traded sharply lower, dragged by selling in FMCG, metals, realty and auto stocks. The Sensex slumped 552.91 points, or 0.66%, lower at 83,181.34, while the Nifty 50 was down 160.15 points, or 0.62%, at 25,659.20.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Elara Capital builds in AI-led compression in revenue for Infosys, with 5% revenue growth for FY27E and 6% for FY28E. It expects earnings growth of 7-8% during FY27-28E. The brokerage firm values Infosys shares at 20x from 22x FY28E earnings (10-year mean). Infosys share price has corrected 16.4% in the past month versus the index down 15.4%, a likely threat to revenue growth, which we do not see materializing at this moment. Hence, the brokerage firm revised its rating on Infosys shares to ‘Buy’ from ‘Accumulate’ and cut Infosys share price target price to ₹1,680 apiece from ₹1,770 earlier.

Bitcoin prices briefly slipped to $67,000, triggering long liquidations that pushed price closer to the $66,000 zone. After this, pressure eased and Bitcoin price has been trying to steady itself between $66,500 and $67,000. Meanwhile, whales continue to accumulate. Over the past month, whale balances have increased by more than 200,000 BTC, rising from 2.9 million to over 3.1 million bitcoins. While inflows can signal short-term selling, overall holdings suggest conviction. A similar buildup during the April 2025 correction helped absorb supply and was followed by a strong rally. Also, The January 27–28 FOMC minutes show the Fed adopting a “hawkish pause,” keeping rates steady, while awaiting clearer evidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2%, said CoinSwitch Markets Desk.

Elitecon International share price continued its upward trend for the third consecutive session on Thursday, February 19. This surge has coincided with reports indicating that cigarette companies have raised prices to mitigate the effects of a recent excise duty increase. Elitecon International share price today opened at ₹78.70 apiece on the BSE, the stock touched an intraday high of ₹79.31 per share, and an intraday low of ₹76.10 apiece.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) share price gained nearly 2% on Thursday, February 19, after the company announced partnership with OpenAI.

The Tata Group, TCS and OpenAI have announced a multi-dimensional strategic partnership that will drive AI-powered innovation across enterprise, consumer, and social sectors.

“This partnership spans multiple high-impact areas, including powering AI-led innovation across Tata Group companies, joint efforts to drive AI transformation across industries globally, and setting up AI infrastructure,” said TCS in a regulatory filing on February 19.

An important takeaway from Q3 results is the comeback of the mid and smallcaps. Improvement in earnings recovery and indications of continuation of this uptrend have brought the mid and smallcaps back to the radar of investors. At the institutional level, there is a trend of selective accumulation of mid and smallcaps. Even mutual funds which had flagged the valuation concerns of the mid and smallcaps have started approaching the segment with optimism. However, even now, largecaps have valuation comfort while mid and smallcaps are trading at much higher valuations, said Dr. VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments.

Nifty is trading at around 20 times FY27 estimated earnings while the NSE midcap and NSE smallcap indexes are trading at 28 and 24 times estimated FY27 earnings. This makes this market a stock picker’s market. Prospects for financials, autos, capital goods, pharmaceuticals and hotels look good, he added.

Stock Market Today LIVE: The profitability of the banks has improved in Q3FY26 supported by higher Net Interest Income (NII), lower slippages, better recoveries and fee income, said Systematix Institutional Equities.

The Yield on advances contracted for most of the banks as expected but it was largely offset by lower cost of deposits and borrowings. Further, as anticipated, the impact of TD repricing started showing up in the form of accelerated reduction in Cost of deposits (CoD). The full impact of the 25 bps December 2025 repo rate cut is expected to be visible in Q4. This adverse impact is expected to be offset to an extent by continued repricing of stock Term deposits (TD). Majority of the management’s commentary converges on margins to be stable or see a slight dip in Q4 but revive in FY27.

Going forward, the brokerage firm expects the profitability for the banks to remain healthy driven by improved advances growth, lower interest expenses due to ongoing deposit repricing cycle, benefit of lower CRR requirement and normalization of unsecured segment slippages supported by lower MFI slippages.

B L Kashyap and Sons share price rose as much as 9% following the announcement of a new order valued at ₹300 crore from CRC Greens. The project, which involves the construction and supervision of civil and structural works for a group housing project in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, is expected to be completed over approximately 42 months, B L Kashyap and Sons said.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) share price surged as much as 3.32% to ₹2,419 apiece after it announced removal of additional margins on gold & silver futures.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Amol Athawale, VP-Technical Research at Kotak Securities, pointed out that after an intraday correction, the Nifty 50 took support near 25,650 and reversed sharply. On the daily charts, it formed a bullish candle. Athawale recommends the following three stocks to buy for the next 1-2 weeks:

> ICICI Bank | Buy at ₹1,408.20 | Target price: ₹1,470 | Stop loss: ₹1,370

> DLF | Buy at ₹642.45 | Target price: ₹690 | Stop loss: ₹620

> Hyundai Motor India | Buy at ₹2,227.60 | Target price: ₹2,370 | Stop loss: ₹2,140

Stock Market Today LIVE: TIL share price hit 20% upper circuit after the company announced plans for fundraising. The small-cap stock jumped as much as 20% to ₹275.20 apiece on the BSE. The rally in TIL share price today was also supported by robust volumes. Around 4 lakh equity shares of TIL changed hands on February 19 as against its one week average trading volume of 49,000 shares, and one month average volumes of 34,000 shares.

The Construction Vehicles manufacturing company, TIL Ltd, said that its board of directors is scheduled to meet on February 23 to consider a fundraising proposal by way of rights issue, preferential allotment or Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).

Stock Market Today LIVE: The Indian stock market indices succumbed to selling pressure at high levels after opening on a positive note. The Sensex was down 119.92 points, or 0.14%, at 83,614.33, while the Nifty 50 was trading lower by 27.35 points, or 0.11%, at 25,792.00.

Stock Market Today LIVE: HCL Technologies, Coforge, TCS and Infosys led gains in the Nifty IT pack.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories entered into a definitive agreement with Mercury Pharma Group Limited (MPGL), a UK-headquartered specialty pharmaceutical company, to acquire its trademarks, Progynova and CycloProgynova, and related assets for India, for $32.15 million. Dr Reddy’s share price was trading over a percent higher.

Stock Market Today LIVE: A look at Sensex heatmap

Stock Market Today LIVE: ONGC, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) were the top gainers among Nifty 50 constituents, while InterGlobe Aviation, Kwality Wall’s India, Asian Paints, Nestle India and Trent were the top index losers.

Stock Market Today LIVE: IT, Metals, Pharma lead gains; FMCG, Realty in red

Stock Market Today LIVE: Among sectors, Nifty IT, Nifty Metals, Nifty Pharma, and Nifty PSU Banks were trading in the green, while Nifty FMCG, Nifty Private Bank and Nifty Realty traded lower.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Broader markets supported the upside movement in the Indian stock market today. The Nifty Smallcap 100 index was up 0.13%, while the Nifty Midcap 100 index gained 0.24%. Bank Nifty index traded marginally higher.

Stock Market Today LIVE: The Indian stock market opened higher on Thursday, following upbeat global market cues. The Sensex opened 235.57 points, or 0.28%, higher at 83,969.82, while the Nifty 50 gained 54.00 points, or 0.21%, to open at 25,873.35.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Gold and silver prices on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) opened lower on Thursday, following weakness in international bullion prices amid a firm US dollar.

MCX gold rate today for April futures contracts opened lower by ₹629, or 0.40%, at ₹1,55,132 per 10 grams as against its previous close of ₹1,55,761 level. MCX silver price for March futures contracts opened lower by ₹1,829, or 0.74%, at ₹2,42,439 per kg as against its previous close of ₹2,44,268 level.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Indian currency market is closed today on account of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Regarding stocks to buy today, stock market experts — Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking; Ganesh Dongre, Senior Manager of Technical Research at Anand Rathi, recommended these eight intraday stocks for today: Marico, AU Small Finance Bank, Reliance, Tata Tech, and Eternal.

Stock Market Today LIVE: IT Stocks: Technology shares recovered part of their recent losses in overnight deals on Wall Street, as investor sentiment improved following a sharp artificial intelligence AI-led sell-off earlier this month. Indian IT stocks including TCS, Infosys, HCL and others are also likely to be in focus today, February 19 after the rebound in tech stocks last night. In the previous session, the Nifty IT index lost 1.23%.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking recommended these five breakout stocks to buy today: Senores Pharmaceuticals, ELGI Equipments, Lumax AutoTechnologies, Acutaas Chemicals, and Azad Engineering.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Gift Nifty, US Fed minutes, crude oil prices to gold rates, here are 7 key things that changed for the Indian stock market overnight.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Sensex took support near 83,400 and reversed sharply, and formed a bullish candle on daily charts. Nifty 50 formed a reasonable bull candle on the daily chart with a long lower shadow. In the derivatives segment, heavy put writing at 25,700 and call writing at 26,000 indicate a range-bound bias in the near term.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Hindustan Unilever (HUL), TVS Motor Company, Cochin Shipyard, Jindal Saw, Zydus Lifesciences, NCC, Pace Digitek, and other stocks will be in focus today, on 19 February.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Nifty 50 remains firmly positioned above its 20-, 50-, 100-, and 200-day EMAs, preserving a constructive short-term trend structure. Immediate support is placed around 25,700, which marks a prior resistance zone now acting as support. On the upside, the 25,900 – 26,000 band stands as a key near-term hurdle, representing a psychological barrier along with visible overhead supply and call-writing activity; a decisive close above this region is required to trigger further acceleration, said Ponmudi R, CEO of Enrich Money.

If momentum sustains, the next upside extension could unfold toward 26,300. Momentum indicators remain supportive, with RSI near 54 reflecting a neutral-to-bullish tone and steady improvement, while MACD continues in positive territory. Overall, the structure favors gradual upside continuation, though the broader tone remains mildly positive within a consolidation framework, he added.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Gold prices fell after a more than 2% gain in the previous session, as the US dollar firmed ahead of a key inflation report due later this week. Spot gold prices dipped 0.4% to $4,961.57 per ounce, after gaining 2.1% in the previous session. US gold futures for April delivery were down 0.6% at $4,981. Spot silver price eased 0.5% to $76.83 per ounce after dropping more than 5% on Wednesday.

Stock Market Today LIVE: The US Federal Reserve policymakers made a near-unanimous decision to keep interest rates unchanged at their meeting in January, with policymakers striking a cautiously hawkish tone even as they signaled flexibility on future moves, the minutes of the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting showed.

While the decision to hold rates steady was widely expected, the minutes showed that officials remain divided on the path ahead, with some open to further easing if inflation cools as anticipated, and others prepared to tighten policy should price pressures persist.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Nvidia stock price rallied 1.6%, Meta shares added 0.6%, AMC share price fell 1.43%, Amazon shares gained 1.81% and Microsoft rose 0.7%. Tesla stock price rose 0.14%. Sandisk, Western Digital and Seagate Technology Holdings climbed between 1.7% and 4.4% each.

Stock Market Today LIVE: US stock market ended higher on Wednesday, lifted by gains in technology stocks following recent jitters about artificial intelligence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.26% to 49,662.66, while the S&P 500 rose 0.56% to end the session at 6,881.31. The Nasdaq closed 0.78% higher at 22,753.64.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Asian markets traded higher on Thursday, following overnight gains on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.52%, while the Topix rose 0.39%. South Korea’s Kospi index jumped 2.76% to a fresh record high and Kosdaq advanced 0.59%. Hong Kong and mainland China markets are closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Stock Market Today LIVE: On Wednesday, the Indian stock market ended higher in a choppy session, extending gains for the third consecutive session staging a gradual recovery, led by decent buying across most sectors.

The Sensex rallied 283.29 points, or 0.34%, to close at 83,734.25, while the Nifty 50 settled 93.95 points, or 0.37%, higher at 25,819.35.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Gift Nifty was trading around 25,858 level, a premium of nearly 30 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close, indicating a positive start for the Indian stock market indices.

Stock Market Today LIVE: The Indian stock market is expected to see a firm start on Thursday, 19 February, following a rally in global markets. The trends on Gift Nifty also signal a positive start for the frontline indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex today.

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