Markets rebound nearly 1% on buying in power, banking stocks

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply by astir 1% connected Monday (February 16, 2026), driven by beardown buying successful power, banking, and fiscal stocks.

Snapping its three-day decline, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 650.39 points, oregon 0.79%, to adjacent astatine 83,277.15.

The 50-share NSE Nifty precocious 211.65 points, oregon 0.83%, to settee astatine 25,682.75.

PowerGrid emerged arsenic the apical gainer successful the Sensex pack, rising 4.45 per cent, followed by HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, NTPC, ITC, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Reliance Industries and State Bank of India.

On the different hand, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki India, Bajaj Finance, Trent, Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan, Infosys, ICICI Bank, and UltraTech Cement were the laggards.

"After a range-bound opening, home markets edged higher, supported by renewed buying involvement successful banking and powerfulness stocks. The powerfulness assemblage gained connected expectations of sustained request momentum. At the aforesaid time, improved indebtedness maturation and unchangeable plus prime bolstered assurance successful banks," Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Ltd, said.

In planetary markets, a continued diminution successful the U.S. 10-year output pursuing benign ostentation information strengthened expectations of a Fed complaint chopped aboriginal this year, with investors present intimately awaiting the upcoming Fed minutes for further direction.

"Meanwhile, stableness successful the rupee and range-bound crude lipid prices up of U.S.-Iran talks are offering further enactment to home equities," Nair said.

The broader Asian markets ended connected a mixed note. Hong Kong's Hang Seng benchmark roseate 0.52%, portion Japan's Nikkei 225 scale slipped 0.22%. Markets successful China and South Korea remained closed for the Lunar New Year holidays.

European markets are trading higher successful mid-session deals. U.S. equities ended connected a mixed enactment connected Friday.

Foreign organization investors sold equities worthy ₹7,395.41 crore connected Friday (February 14, 2026), portion home organization investors purchased stocks worthy ₹5,553.96 crore, according to the speech data.