NTPC share price settles at ₹326.60; gains 0.18% on September 24

Key Takeaways

• NTPC closed at ₹326.60, up ₹0.60 or 0.18%, after trading through a narrow ₹4 range between ₹324 and ₹328.
• The stock remained below its 50-day, 100-day and 200-day DMAs, which stood at ₹338.40, ₹347.40 and ₹351.80.
• Despite the positive September 24 session, all four displayed historical return periods were negative.

NTPC share price finished September 24 at ₹326.60, up ₹0.60 or 0.18% from the previous close of ₹326. The stock opened at ₹327, reached ₹328 and fell to ₹324. The entire session covered only ₹4 from low to high. The final price was ₹2.60 above the low, ₹1.40 below the high and ₹0.40 below the opening price.

Volume reached 7,824,466 shares, while market capitalisation stood at ₹316,693 crore. The small absolute daily movement was accompanied by a similarly narrow high-low range, with all displayed intraday levels between ₹324 and ₹328.

The closing price remained below each moving-average measure. The 50-day DMA was ₹338.40, a gap of ₹11.80. The 100-day DMA stood at ₹347.40, or ₹20.80 higher. The 200-day DMA was ₹351.80, leaving a ₹25.20 difference. The three averages themselves occupied a relatively tight ₹13.40 band.

The 52-week low was ₹316 and the high ₹414. At ₹326.60, NTPC closed only ₹10.60 above the annual low and ₹87.40 below the high. The full 52-week range measured ₹98, compared with just ₹4 during the September 24 session.

Although the stock gained during the day, the historical return periods shown remained negative: -3.94% for one month, -10.42% for three months, -12.30% for six months and -4.78% for one year. The six-month figure was the weakest, while one month was the least negative.

The annual low was slightly closer to the closing price than the 50-day DMA: ₹10.60 versus ₹11.80. The daily range was tighter still, with the close less than ₹3 from either boundary. NTPC was one of the few constituents in this batch to finish the session higher even though every displayed one-month through one-year return remained below zero.