Nifty 50 23,643.50 -2.13%

Monday🔻 1.49% 
Tuesday🔻 1.83% 
Wednesday🔼 0.14%
Thursday🔼 1.18%
Friday🔻 0.19% 

What moved the market?

Top Gainers & Top Losers

Nifty Pharma🔼 2.18%Nifty Realty🔻 8.17%
Nifty Healthcare Index🔼 2.17%Nifty IT🔻 5.71%
Nifty Consumer Durables🔻 4.71%

Markets this week

Nifty Midcap 15022,257.95 (🔻2.26%)
Nifty Smallcap 25016,722.90 (🔻4.10%)
India VIX18.79 (🔼 11.58%)

Stocks in the Spotlight

Top Gainers

Name of the companyMovement
Saregama India Ltd.🔼 18.8%
Vodafone Idea Ltd.🔼 15.3%
Oil India Ltd.🔼 14.5%
Biocon Ltd. 🔼 12.5%
Jain Resource Recycling Ltd.🔼 12.3%

Top Losers

Name of the companyMovement
Kaynes Technology India Ltd.🔻25.3%
Pine Labs Ltd.🔻24.4%
Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd.🔻18.8%
Urban Company Ltd.🔻17.5%
Tejas Networks Ltd.🔻16.4%

Technical Analysis

Nifty 50

The Nifty 50 ended the week down by  -2.13%, losing approximately -515.70 points to close at 23,643.50.

  • Immediate Resistance: 24,550-24,750
  • Immediate Support: 23,250 – 23,350

Nifty Midcap 150

The Nifty Midcap 150 index closed the week at 22,257.95, marking a weekly loss of  -2.29%.

  • Immediate Resistance: 23,100 – 23,200
  • Significant Support:  22,000 – 21,850

Nifty Smallcap 250

The Nifty Smallcap 250 index closed the week at 16,722.90, witnessing a weekly loss of approximately -4.13%.

For the upcoming sessions:

  • Key Resistance Level: 18,000 – 18,200
  • Key Support Level: 15,900 – 16,000

This Week’s Spotlight Story

A deep dive into the headline that defined market conversations.

India Reported April 2026 CPI Inflation At 3.48% And WPI Inflation At 8.30%

The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) with Base Year 2024=100, reporting a year-on-year general inflation rate of 3.48% (Provisional) for April 2026. Corresponding inflation rates for the rural and urban sectors stand at 3.74% and 3.16%, respectively. Food inflation, based on the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), is recorded at 4.20%, while Housing inflation is at 2.15%. The annual rate of inflation based on the All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with Base Year 2011-12 stood at 8.30% (Provisional). 

Notable retail price movements at the All India combined level in April 2026 included high inflation in Silver Jewellery (144.34%), Coconut: copra (44.55%), Gold/Diamond/Platinum Jewellery (40.72%), and Tomato (35.28%). Conversely, significant deflation was observed in key items like Potato (-23.69%), Onion (-17.67%), and Motor car and jeep (-7.12%). At the state level, Telangana recorded the highest inflation rate at 5.81%. On the wholesale front, the WPI Food Index reported a year-on-year inflation rate of 2.31%, while the Fuel & Power major group witnessed an 18.22% month-over-month increase compared to March 2026.


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.