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Stock markets rebounded connected Friday (February 20, 2026) with the benchmark Sensex closing higher by 316 points aft dense buying successful banking and metallic shares amid optimism implicit commercialized woody progresses and India's information successful Pax Silica.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 316.57 points, oregon 0.38%, to settee astatine 82,814.71. During the day, the benchmark appreciated by 633.94 points, oregon 0.76%, to deed an intraday precocious of 83,132.08.
The 50-share NSE Nifty precocious 116.90 points, oregon 0.46%, to adjacent astatine 25,571.25, arsenic 36 of its components ended successful the affirmative portion and 14 successful the red. In the intraday session, it jumped by 209.2 points, oregon 0.82%, to deed a precocious of 25,663.55.
The Sensex, connected Thursday (February 19, 2026), tanked 1,236.11 points, and the NSE Nifty slumped 365 points to adjacent close 25,450, pursuing across-the-board selling by investors amid increasing geopolitical concerns.
NTPC, Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, PowerGrid, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bajaj Finance, Titan, Maruti Suzuki India, Axis Bank and IndiGo were the large gainers connected Friday (February 20, 2026) among Sensex stocks.
On the different hand, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Eternal, HCL Technologies, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra and Adani Ports ended with losses.
"Indian equities rebounded aft yesterday's crisp correction, led by beardown buying successful ample caps arsenic investors favoured their amended risk-reward implicit premium-valued midcaps. Sentiment improved connected clearer trade-agreement signals and India's introduction into Pax Silica, which is expected to fortify supply-chain information successful AI, semiconductors, and captious minerals," Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Ltd, said.
He added that banking and metallic stocks drove the recovery, portion IT lagged. Volatility stayed elevated, with the India VIX spiking adjacent arsenic geopolitical tensions inactive linger.
"Softer ostentation information from Japan supported expectations of accommodative planetary policy. Structurally, markets stay constructive, though near-term moves are apt to enactment flow-driven amid planetary uncertainties," Mr. Nair said.
The broader Asian markets ended lower, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale declining 1.1%, portion Japan's Nikkei 225 benchmark fell 1.07%. However, South Korea's Kospi finished 2.31% higher. Markets successful mainland China remained closed for the Lunar New Year holidays.
In European markets, Germany's DAX, Paris' CAC 40 and London's FTSE 100 were trading astir 1% higher successful mid-session deals connected Friday (February 20, 2026).
The U.S. equities markets settled little connected Thursday (February 19, 2026).
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worthy ₹880.49 crore connected Thursday (February 19, 2026), portion home organization investors were besides the nett sellers of stocks worthy ₹596.28 crore, according to the speech data.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, fell 0.31% to $71.44 per barrel.
