BSE Prices delayed by 5 minutes ! Prices as on   Feb 18, 2026 - 3:59PM   ABB India 5881.35 [ 0.79% ]ACC 1640 [ -0.03% ]Ambuja Cements 522.6 [ 0.11% ]Asian Paints 2434.35 [ -0.12% ]Axis Bank 1377.6 [ 1.51% ]Bajaj Auto 9978.25 [ 1.51% ]Bank of Baroda 305 [ 0.58% ]Bharti Airtel 2020.7 [ 0.05% ]Bharat Heavy 261.05 [ -0.67% ]Bharat Petroleum 380.75 [ 1.48% ]Britannia Industries 6167.3 [ 0.39% ]Cipla 1348 [ 0.35% ]Coal India 417.9 [ -0.87% ]Colgate Palm 2203.3 [ 2.44% ]Dabur India 509.15 [ -1.47% ]DLF 642 [ 0.51% ]Dr. Reddy's Lab. 1283 [ -0.16% ]GAIL (India) 167.25 [ 0.87% ]Grasim Industries 2935 [ 1.21% ]HCL Technologies 1466.9 [ -1.06% ]HDFC Bank 924.65 [ -0.10% ]Hero MotoCorp 5592.8 [ 0.28% ]Hindustan Unilever 2323.7 [ 0.50% ]Hindalco Industries 899 [ 0.84% ]ICICI Bank 1407 [ -0.01% ]Indian Hotels Co. 692.9 [ 0.79% ]IndusInd Bank 944.15 [ 0.07% ]Infosys 1373.55 [ -1.27% ]ITC 332.5 [ 2.21% ]Jindal Steel 1222.4 [ 1.01% ]Kotak Mahindra Bank 425.85 [ 0.35% ]L&T 4324.85 [ 1.06% ]Lupin 2223.8 [ -1.07% ]Mahi. & Mahi 3530.5 [ 1.18% ]Maruti Suzuki India 15162 [ -0.12% ]MTNL 31.02 [ -0.80% ]Nestle India 1300.35 [ 1.14% ]NIIT 76.42 [ -0.96% ]NMDC 80.07 [ 1.15% ]NTPC 368.5 [ 0.04% ]ONGC 264.6 [ -2.63% ]Punj. NationlBak 128.15 [ 2.64% ]Power Grid Corpn. 300.45 [ -0.12% ]Reliance Industries 1441.25 [ 1.30% ]SBI 1219.45 [ 0.51% ]Vedanta 677.95 [ 1.48% ]Shipping Corpn. 268.2 [ -1.85% ]Sun Pharmaceutical 1723.5 [ 0.36% ]Tata Chemicals 690.2 [ -0.64% ]Tata Consumer Produc 1167.6 [ 1.65% ]Tata Motors Passenge 382.7 [ -0.04% ]Tata Steel 209 [ 2.90% ]Tata Power Co. 379.25 [ 0.29% ]Tata Consult. Serv. 2694.6 [ -0.84% ]Tech Mahindra 1503.75 [ -1.34% ]UltraTech Cement 13048.25 [ 0.49% ]United Spirits 1424.5 [ 0.01% ]Wipro 212 [ -1.76% ]Zee Entertainment En 94.67 [ -0.12% ]
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( As on 18/02/2026 09:54)

Sensex, Nifty open flat; Rupee opens at 90.65

Indian equities opened flat on Wednesday stalling their two-day gaining streak. In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap index rose 0.02 per cent, and the Nifty SmallCap index added 0.11 per cent.



Overseas, Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Wednesday, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight. Australian shares are trading modestly higher on Wednesday, extending the gains in the previous three sessions.



Meanwhile, Indian rupee opened marginally higher at 90.65 per dollar on Wednesday versus Tuesday's close of 90.68.



On the corporate front, Torrent Power was quoting at Rs 1,489.60, up Rs 4.65, or 0.31 percent. It has touched an intraday high of Rs 1,491 and an intraday low of Rs 1,475.05.



At 9:34 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83458.67 up by 7.71 points or by 0.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25704.5 down by -20.9 points or by -0.08 %.



On the sectoral front, BSE Metal index was at 39444.63 up by 402.28 points or by 1.03%. Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 206.35,+1.60%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 159.70,+1.49%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 2256.95,+1.41%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 750.10,+1.28%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1223.90,+1.13%),.



Among others, IT index was at 31431.77 down by -548.51 points or by -1.72%. RateGain Travel Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 560.20,-3.29%), Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5473.00,-2.74%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1347.00,-2.32%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1360.00,-2.24%), Genesys International Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 316.95,-2.19%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3570 , shares advanced were 2204 while 1208 shares declined and 158 were unchanged.