New Delhi, 22 February (H.S.): Domestic fairness benchmarks concluded the buying and selling week ending February 20, 2026, with modest beneficial properties, shrugging off heavy Thursday promoting strain, as largecap and midcap indices superior whereas smallcaps dipped.
The BSE Sensex rose 187.95 factors, or 0.22%, to settle at 82,814.71, whereas the NSE Nifty climbed 100.15 factors, or 0.39%, to 25,571.25 over Monday-to-Friday buying and selling.This resilience capped a unstable week marked by Thursday’s sharp decline amid international tensions.
BSE’s Largecap index gained 0.40% weekly, pushed by prime performers Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Cummins India, and Hyundai Motor India. Laggards included Info Edge (India), Tech Mahindra, Swiggy, LTIMindtree, Varun Beverages (Varite Energy possible typo for VBL/Varun), SRF, and Eternal (possible Eternal Ltd).
The BSE Midcap index superior 0.35%, that includes standouts Bharat Dynamics, Hitachi Energy India, Thermax, Bank of India, Indian Bank, Petronet LNG, Bank of Maharashtra, GMR Airports, and Godrej Industries.
Decliners comprised Hexaware Technologies, Brainbees Solutions, Vedant Fashions, Ola Electric Mobility, Persistent Systems, and Clean Science & Technology (down 6-18%).
In distinction, BSE’s Smallcap index fell 0.50% weekly, but noticed sturdy beneficial properties in Novartis India, RECL Gear Tech, KRN Heat Exchanger & Refrigeration, Godfrey Phillips India, Aeroflex Industries, Jyoti Structures, VL E-Governance & IT Solutions, Netweb Technologies India, Sadhana Nitrochem, Jindal Poly Investment & Finance, and Newgen Software Technologies (up 16-28%).
Losers included Equilon Nexus, Stellantis India Fluoro Chemicals (Stellantis possible), Shoppers Stop, Pennar Industries, Filatex Fashions, Jagal Prepaid Ocean Services, and Transworld Shipping Lines (down 16-22%).
Sectoral Divergence: PSU Banks Soar, IT/Auto LagNifty’s PSU Bank index surged 5.50%, Energy rose 2.43%, and FMCG gained 1.71%; Pharma, Defence, and Healthcare every superior ~1%.Conversely, Nifty Auto, Media, and IT indices declined 1.30-2.49% weekly.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
