Share Market Weekly
- Share.Market
- 4 min read
- 03 Apr 2026
Highlights
Nifty 50 22,713.10 🔻 –0.47%
| Monday | 🔻 2.14% |
| Wednesday | 🔼 1.56% |
| Thursday | 🔼 0.15% |
What moved the market?
Top Gainers & Top Losers
| Nifty IT | 🔼 3.05% | Nifty Healthcare Index | 🔻 3.46% |
| Nifty Metal | 🔼 2.64% | Nifty Pharma | 🔻 3.36% |
| Nifty Media | 🔼 0.71% | Nifty Consumer Durables | 🔻 1.63% |
Markets this week
| Nifty Midcap 150 | 19,805.50 (🔻0.74%) |
| Nifty Smallcap 250 | 14,724.45 (🔼 0.47%) |
| India VIX | 25.52 (🔻4.78%) |
Technical Analysis
The Nifty 50 ended the week down by -0.47%, losing approximately -106.7 points to close at 22,713.1.
- Immediate Resistance: 23,300 – 23,500
- Immediate Support: 22,200 – 22,000
The Nifty Midcap 150 index closed the week at 19,805, marking a weekly decline of -0.74%.
- Immediate Resistance: 20,300 – 20,500
- Significant Support: 19,200 – 19,000
The Nifty Smallcap 250 index closed the week at 14,724.25, witnessing a weekly gain of approximately 0.47%.
For the upcoming sessions:
- Key Resistance Level: 15,100 – 15,300
- Key Support Level: 14,000 – 14,200
This Week’s Spotlight Story
A deep dive into the headline that defined market conversations.
India’s Manufacturing PMI Eases To 53.9 In March; Growth Slows Amid Cost Pressures
The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell from 56.9 in February to 53.9 in March, indicating the weakest improvement in overall business conditions in close to four years. The headline figure slipped below its long-run average of 54.2, marking its lowest level since June 2022. Growth in the two largest sub-components, new orders and output, rose at the slowest rates since mid-2022, curbed by cost pressures, fierce competition, heightened market uncertainty, and the war in the Middle East.
Input prices increased to the greatest extent in over three-and-a-half years, with items like aluminium, chemicals, fuel, jute, leather, fabric, oil, rubber, and steel reported to be up in price. However, the rate of output price inflation receded to a two-year low as companies mostly absorbed added expenses due to customer-retention efforts. Despite the overall slowdown, Indian manufacturers registered the strongest expansion in external sales since last September and raised employment to the greatest extent in seven months, while outstanding business volumes declined for the first time in close to a year and a half.
That’s a wrap for this week.
As the markets pause to catch their breath, we’ll be back next week with sharper insights and stories to help you invest intelligently.
