Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock market action on Tuesday

Getty Images Synopsis Indian stock markets saw a notable recovery after early losses on Monday.

This rebound followed a four-day decline that significantly impacted investor wealth.

Analysts noted value buying supported the recovery, particularly in sectors like power, healthcare, and metals.

Despite this, caution prevailed due to geopolitical uncertainties and upcoming policy decisions from major global banks.

By Debaroti Adhikary, ETMarkets.com XPeers Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Share Price Bharti Airtel Share Price Vodafone Idea Share Price Bharti Hexacom Share Price Tata Communications Share Price Oct 26, 2026, 10:08:00 PM IST Follow us The Indian stock market rebounded on Monday, with Sensex and Nifty staging a sharp recovery of nearly 2% from the early losses and snapping a four-day losing streak that wiped off massive sums of investor wealth.

ADVERTISEMENT Sensex rose 483 points to close at 73,607, recovering nearly 1,100 points after hitting the day’s low at 72,515.

Nifty’s meanwhile gained over 153 points to close at 22,753, after having dropped below 22,400 earlier in the day.Here's how analysts read the market pulse "Indian equities recovered from early losses, supported by value buying and strength in metals, power and healthcare.

However, elevated crude prices, geopolitical uncertainty and caution ahead of the Fed, ECB and BoJ policy decisions kept sentiment measured.

Mid- and small-caps also witnessed some recovery after last week’s sharp correction, although investors remained selective, favouring earnings visibility and valuation comfort.

Early-bird quarterly results suggest a commodity-led earnings boost in power generation, metals and refining, but high energy costs and interest rates are forecast to moderate overall corporates growth in the coming quarters,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited.

The broader Philadelphia chips index was up more than 3% after a turbulent few weeks.ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Market breadth was strong, with eight of the 11 S&P 500 sectors trading higher.

Information technology and consumer discretionary led the gains.The Fed's rate decision is due on Wednesday, with a pause widely expected after its September raise.

Traders still see a December hike as firmly possible, and at least two 25-basis-point increases by mid-2027, according to LSEG data.ADVERTISEMENT European marketsIn Europe, the STOXX 600 was up 0.8% amid gains in energy-sensitive stocks such as industrials.ADVERTISEMENT Most active stocks in terms of turnoverInfosys (Rs 2,956 crore), MRPL (Rs 2,042 crore), Netweb Technologies (Rs 1,620 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 1,617 crore), Kotak Mahindra Bank (Rs 1,435 crore), BSE (Rs 1,415 crore), and Ather Energy (Rs 1,371 crore) were among the most active stocks on NSE in value terms.

Higher activity in a counter in value terms can help identify the counters with the highest trading turnovers in the day.Most active stocks in volume termsVodafone Idea (Traded shares: 49.29 crore), Tata Teleservices (Traded shares: 13.66 crore), MRPL (Traded shares: 11.4 crore), JP Power (Traded shares: 10.3 crore), Yes Bank (Traded shares: 9.05 crore), Suzlon Energy (Traded shares: 7.96 crore) and Bharat Coking Coal (Traded shares: 6.01 crore) were among the most actively traded stocks in volume terms on NSE.Stocks showing buying interestAther Energy, MRPL, Tata Teleservices, Carborundum Uni, TD Power Systems, Graphite India and Ami Organics were among the stocks that witnessed strong buying interest from market participants.52-week highAmong the ones which hit their 52-week highs on NSE included IHCL, International Gemmological Institute and Cyient.Stocks seeing selling pressureStocks which witnessed significant selling pressure were Five-Star Business Finance, AU Small Finance Bank, City Union Bank, Shriram Finance, Supreme Industries, Atul and Bank of India. Afcons Infrastructure, CreditAccess Grameen, Tata Consumer, JK Tyre and KSB.Sentiment meter favours bullsOut of the 3,681 stocks that traded on the NSE on October 26, Monday, 2,063 stocks witnessed advances, 1,525 stocks saw declines while 93 stocks remained unchanged. Analyst or an Investment Adviser.

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