Stocks in Focus May 26, 2026: Metals, Energy and Auto Lead Tuesday's Most Promising Trades

Mumbai, May 26: Indian markets are trading flat at the noon on Tuesday, despite mixed global cues over the US-Iran tensions. Metals, Energy and Auto are the top three active sectors as of now, looking at Nifty 50 gainers list and sectoral indices movement.

Metals

Metal stocks look set to drive gains on Nifty Tuesday with Nifty Metal up 0.89% at 13,464.10 as institutional investors picked ferrous & non-ferrous metal stocks during morning trade. Metals are finding buying support from cooling crude input cost pressures and stabilising domestic steel demand while a rebound in global commodity complex supported by dovish progress in US-Iran peace deal is fueling overall positive sentiment in the sector.

Nifty Metal is today’s strongest performer, rising 0.89% to 13,464.10. The index heavyweights played an important role in today’s move and breadth was positive throughout as institutional buying was visible across ferrous and non-ferrous names in the morning session.

Adani Enterprises (LTP ₹2,946 vs prev close ₹2,849.70, +3.38%) leads the entire Nifty 50 gainers list on Tuesday; Hindalco (LTP ₹1,106.90 vs ₹1,099.60, +0.66%) is recovering after Monday’s post-results pressure; JSW Steel (LTP ₹1,295.70 vs ₹1,289.40, +0.49%) is riding improving steel demand sentiment; and Coal India (LTP ₹462.20 vs ₹458.00, +0.92%) is among the session’s most active gainers, benefiting from its positioning as a domestic commodity play insulated from global crude volatility.

Energy

The energy sector is holding firm on Tuesday with Nifty Energy up 0.55% to 40,800.95, as upstream oil and public sector energy stocks attract renewed buying ahead of ONGC’s closely watched Q4 FY26 results announcement later in the day. The ongoing US-Iran conflict has kept energy sector earnings elevated for upstream producers even as the Nikkei report on a potential 30-day Strait of Hormuz reopening framework adds a strategic re-rating angle to stocks in this space.

Nifty Energy is up 0.55% to 40,800.95 and Nifty CPSE is broadly flat at 7,155.55, but the underlying stock-level momentum in upstream energy names remains positive as the Iran war continues to keep energy sector earnings elevated and investors position for potential re-rating if the Strait of Hormuz reopens.

ONGC (LTP ₹287.30 vs ₹284.95, +0.82%) is recovering strongly after Monday’s session weakness and is in sharp focus ahead of its Q4 FY26 results announcement today; NTPC, Adani Ports (LTP ₹1,807.90 vs ₹1,802.90, +0.28%), and Coal India round out the energy-adjacent CPSE universe, with all four names in positive territory and reflecting broad institutional support for the public sector energy trade in a geopolitically charged environment.

Auto & EV

The auto and electric vehicle space is generating some of Tuesday’s sharpest individual stock moves, with Nifty EV & New Age Automotive up 0.36% and clear strength visible across two-wheelers, passenger vehicles and new-age mobility names in the Nifty 50 gainers data. The sector has an additional near-term catalyst in Maruti Suzuki’s scheduled June 5 unveil of India’s first E100 flex-fuel vehicle, which is keeping automotive stocks in investor focus even on a broadly flat market day.

Nifty EV & New Age Automotive is up 0.36% to 3,061.65 with Nifty Auto broadly flat at 26,450.30 but with clear stock-level strength visible in the gainers data, particularly in two-wheelers and passenger vehicles ahead of the June 5 Maruti flex-fuel launch event.

TMPV (LTP ₹385.30 vs ₹373.25, +3.23%) is the second-biggest Nifty 50 gainer of the session; Bajaj Auto (LTP ₹10,587 vs ₹10,491, +0.92%) is regaining lost ground after Monday’s dip; Maruti Suzuki (LTP ₹13,245 vs ₹13,170, +0.57%) is steadily bid ahead of its June 5 E100 flex-fuel vehicle unveil; and Eternal (LTP ₹250.07 vs ₹247.67, +0.97%) continues its quiet but consistent advance within the new-age mobility and consumer space.

Sources:

• https://www.nseindia.com/market-data/live-market-indices
• https://www.nseindia.com/market-data/top-gainers-losers