All major NSE sectors on one page — sector index moves, FII positioning, OI buildup, and the top stocks driving each sector today. IT, Banking, Auto, Pharma, FMCG, Metal, and 14 more.
Sector rotation is where the real money is made in Indian markets — but most dashboards still show you 12 isolated sector indices on different screens. Strota's sector flow page collapses every major NSE sectoral index onto one view, with the move, the FII positioning, and the top driving stocks all visible at a glance.
Why this matters: a 0.3% NIFTY move can hide a brutal sector rotation underneath — IT up 2.1%, PSU banks down 1.8%, the index ends flat. Anyone trading individual stocks needs to see the rotation, not the headline. This page is built for that.
Covers all 20 major NSE sectors and themes: NIFTY IT, BANK, AUTO, PHARMA, FMCG, METAL, ENERGY, REALTY, FINSERV, PSU BANK, PVT BANK, MEDIA, INFRA, CONSUMERDUR, CONSUMPTION, COMMODITIES, MIDCAP 100, SMALLCAP 100, PSE, NEXT 50. Plus a sortable view by 1-day move, 1-week move, and FII activity intensity.
Capital flows between sectors based on a handful of recurring patterns. Risk-on vs risk-off drives the broadest rotations: in risk-on, capital rotates from defensives (FMCG, pharma) into cyclicals (banks, metals, infra). In risk-off, the reverse.
Rate cycles drive bank and rate-sensitive rotations: when RBI signals dovish, private banks and NBFCs rally; when hawkish, PSU banks (which benefit from higher interest income on excess deposits) outperform.
Commodity cycles drive metal and energy: rising commodity prices favour Tata Steel / Vedanta / Hindalco / Reliance; falling commodity prices favour auto (lower input costs) and aviation.
Earnings cycles drive sector momentum within each quarterly results window: sectors that beat estimates see persistent outperformance for 2-4 weeks after the cycle.
Banking — NIFTY BANK, PSU BANK, PVT BANK. The most-watched sector group. PSU and private bank indices diverge frequently — split tracking matters.
IT — NIFTY IT. Heavily weighted in Infosys, TCS, HCL Tech, Wipro, LTIM. Most US-revenue exposure of any sector; correlates with US tech earnings.
Auto — NIFTY AUTO. Maruti, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp. Highly cyclical, commodity-input-sensitive.
Pharma — NIFTY PHARMA. Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's, Cipla, Divi's Labs. Defensive, USFDA-event-driven.
FMCG — NIFTY FMCG. HUL, ITC, Nestle, Britannia, Dabur. Slow-moving, defensive, dividend-heavy.
Metal — NIFTY METAL. Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Hindalco, Vedanta. Pure commodity cycle proxy.
Energy — NIFTY ENERGY. Reliance, ONGC, BPCL, IOC, GAIL. Crude oil correlation.
Realty — NIFTY REALTY. DLF, Godrej Properties, Macrotech, Oberoi Realty. Rate-sensitive and election-cycle-sensitive.
Financial Services — NIFTY FINSERV. Broader than just banks — includes HDFC AMC, Bajaj Finance, SBI Life, ICICI Pru. NBFC-heavy.
Plus Media, Infrastructure, Consumer Durables, Consumption, Commodities, Midcap 100, Smallcap 100, PSE, Next 50.
Step 1: Identify the day's leaders and laggards. Two or three sectors typically dominate the day's move. The leaders give you the bullish narrative; laggards give you the bearish.
Step 2: Check breadth within the leading sector. Is the IT sector up 2% because of one stock (probably Infosys-specific news) or because all five constituents are up 1-3% (a genuine sector rotation)? The breadth tells you whether the move has legs.
Step 3: Cross-reference with FII data. If IT is up and FIIs are net buyers in cash, the move is institutionally backed and more likely to persist. If IT is up but FIIs are net sellers, the move is retail-driven and more likely to fade.
Step 4: Look for divergences across related sectors. PSU banks up while private banks are down is a specific kind of rate-cycle signal; both up together is more reliable.
Sector index levels update roughly every minute during NSE market hours. FII per-sector data is updated once per day after NSE publishes participant statistics in the evening.
They move differently. PSU banks benefit from rising interest rates (more income on excess deposits) and from government capex/spending cycles. Private banks benefit from credit growth and the urban consumption cycle. Treating them as one 'banking' bucket loses the most important signal in Indian banking.
NIFTY BANK is purely banks (12 banking stocks). NIFTY FINSERV is broader — it includes banks plus NBFCs (Bajaj Finance, Cholamandalam), asset managers (HDFC AMC), and insurance (SBI Life, HDFC Life, ICICI Pru). When NBFCs outperform banks, you'll see FINSERV up but BANK flat.
BANK NIFTY by a wide margin — it has weekly options and the deepest institutional participation. NIFTY IT, NIFTY AUTO, and NIFTY METAL have liquid monthly futures but no weekly options.
Identify the day's strongest and weakest sectors here, then click through to the per-stock pages of the top constituents to drill into individual smart-money signals. Strota's per-stock pages link back to their sector view automatically.
Yes — NIFTY MIDCAP 100 and NIFTY SMALLCAP 100 are both tracked. These often diverge from NIFTY 50 by 1-2% in a single day during rotation periods, so watching them separately is essential for stock-pickers.