🏁 Friday’s Closing Bell (Feb 6)

🔹 Sensex closed at 83,580.40 ⬆️ +266.47 pts (+0.32%) 🔹 Nifty 50 ended at 25,693.70 ⬆️ +50.90 pts (+0.20%)

🚀 The Big Picture | Today’s Setup

📊 GIFT Nifty signals strength, up +240 points (~25,937), pointing to a ~0.9% positive start 📈 Nifty structure remains positive, with eyes firmly on the 26,000 psychological mark 🛡️ Strong support seen near 25,250 🌡️ India VIX cooled further, down 2% to 11.94, indicating lower market anxiety

🏛️ RBI Policy Recap

🏦 MPC kept the Repo Rate unchanged at 5.25%, maintaining a neutral stance 📈 GDP growth projected at a healthy 7.4% for the year 📉 Inflation remains stable and well within the RBI’s comfort band

🌍 Global & Institutional Cues

🇺🇸 Wall Street cheers as the Dow Jones crosses the historic 50,000 level 💼 Institutional flows remain supportive ➡️ FIIs net buyers at ₹1,951 Cr ➡️ DIIs net buyers at ₹1,265 Cr 💱 Rupee closed at 90.65 per dollar 🇯🇵 Yen weakens following Japan’s election outcome

🔥 Stocks in Focus

⚡ Hitachi Energy surged after Q3 net profit jumped 90% YoY 💄 Nykaa rallied as Q3 net profit soared 142% 🚬 Cigarette stocks caught fire with ITC gaining 5.2% and Godfrey Phillips up 9.7%, driven by pricing power 🚗 Tata Motors slipped after reporting a Q3 loss of ₹3,486 Cr 🏗️ BEML declined sharply on a surprise Q3 net loss

⚠️ F&O Ban Alert

🚫 Sammaan Capital remains under the F&O ban today

📉 Commodities Check

🥇 Gold at ₹152,830 🛢️ Brent Crude at $68.01

💡 IndyaWealth Insight

Late buying on Friday helped the benchmarks recover from intraday lows. With the Nasdaq showing volatility around AI-related spending, keep a close watch on the IT sector today—even as overall market sentiment stays optimistic.