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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began the commercialized connected a affirmative enactment connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) but soon turned successful the antagonistic territory, amid selling unit successful services and user durables stocks.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 245.11 points, oregon 0.29%, to 83,979.36 successful aboriginal deals. The NSE Nifty went up 65.95 points, oregon 0.25%, to 25,885.30.
However, some the benchmark indices soon pared aboriginal gains, with the Sensex quoting 131.07 points little astatine 83,603.18, and the Nifty down 30.70 points astatine 25,788.65.
Among the Sensex constituents, IndiGo, Asian Paints, Adani Ports, Bharat Electronics Ltd, ITC, Trent, Larsen & Toubro, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, PowerGrid, Reliance Industries, and Bajaj Finance were the laggards.
On the different hand, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki India, Hindustan Unilever, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel and NTPC were trading successful the greenish territory.
In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi jumped 3%, and Japan's Nikkei 225 scale gained astir 1%. Markets successful Hong Kong and mainland China remained closed for Lunar New Year holidays.
The U.S. equities marketplace closed higher successful overnight deals connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026).
Foreign organization investors bought equities worthy ₹1,154.34 crore connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026), portion home organization investors were besides the nett buyers of stocks worthy ₹440.34 crore, according to speech data.
Brent Crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, roseate 0.37% to $70.61 per barrel.
On Wednesday (February 18, 2026), the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 283.29 points to settee astatine 83,734.25, portion the broader NSE Nifty gained 93.95 points to adjacent astatine 25,819.35.
