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NTPC

₹330.90+0.27% 1d

End-of-day close · 3 Sept 2026

Recent closes

2026-03-12low ₹327.40 · high ₹410.202026-09-04 · 120 sessions

52-week range

₹315.55low₹330.90₹414.40high

20.1% below its high · 4.9% above its low

NTPC closed up 0.27% on 3 Sep 2026

A third straight up-day, but a hesitant one — the close edged higher on volume just shy of the 20-day norm, and price remains pinned below all three key moving averages. The stock is trading in the lower quarter of its Bollinger Band range, and none of the momentum gauges — RSI, MACD, or Stochastic — show the kind of readings that typically accompany a recovery attempt. The ADX reading near the low twenties suggests a downtrend with modest rather than strong force, consistent with the four-percent drift over the past month. With the price still about five percent above its 52-week low but nearly twenty below the high, the stock sits in a bottoming zone that has yet to attract conviction from either side. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

The session

A quiet day, by the numbers. NTPC moved between ₹329.10 and ₹332.70 and finished at ₹330.90 — roughly mid-range. Volume came to 81,00,926 shares, 0.9× the 20-day average, so participation was close to normal.

Volume vs average0.94×

this day’s volume against its own 20-day average1×

Trend structure

The close sits below all three moving averages tracked here — the 20-day, the 50-day and the 200-day, the last of which stands at ₹357.19. ADX (14) at 22.5 points to a trend that exists but carries little force.

Momentum

The gauges don't agree with each other — the usual picture when the market has no clear direction. RSI (14) reads 38.2, between the conventional oversold and overbought thresholds. The MACD histogram is negative, which says where the shorter average sits relative to the longer one; it says nothing about the next session.

RSI38.2

momentum on a 0–100 scale; 50 is the midpoint30 · 70

Stochastic %K42.2

where the close sits within its recent high–low range20 · 80

Volatility and range

How big was today's move? The yardstick is the 14-session average true range: ₹6.00, or 1.81% of price, which is what a typical day has looked like recently. The 20-day volatility band ran from ₹326.37 to ₹346.02, and the close landed in its middle.

Bollinger %b0.23

position between the lower and upper volatility bands, 0 to 10.5

Volume vs average0.94×

this day’s volume against its own 20-day average1×

ADX22.5

how strong the trend is — not which way it points25

The year so far

Twenty percent below the 52-week high of ₹414.40, and 4.86% above the ₹315.52 low — no wait, ₹315.55. That is where the past year's trading has sat. Over five sessions the change is 0.00%; over twenty, 4.09%. The two horizons point different ways, so the recent week runs counter to the month.

Fundamentals as reported

A market capitalisation of 3,20,475 crore puts NTPC in the Utilities sector (Utilities - Regulated Electric). As reported, the price-to-earnings ratio is 10.0 and price-to-book 1.6 — figures from the filings, not a view on whether they are deserved. The same set reports debt-to-equity at 118.1 and a dividend yield of 3.77%.

How often our range has been right

This page publishes a 1-day range, not a price call — and the range gets scored against reality. Of 288 resolved 1-day ranges for this stock, the close landed inside the 20.0% range 80.21% of the time, beating a naive benchmark over the same window. A figure below the nominal rate would mean the ranges were too narrow; above it, too wide. Both outcomes are shown here, not tucked away in an internal report.

Company Events

2 Sep

Dividend

Dividend - Rs 3.50 Per Share

6 Feb

Dividend

Interim Dividend - Rs 2.75 Per Share

7 Nov

Dividend

Interim Dividend - Rs 2.75 Per Share

4 Sep

Dividend

Dividend - Rs 3.35 Per Share

31 Jan

Dividend

Interim Dividend - Rs 2.50 Per Share

Source: NSE public corporate announcements. Factual only — no interpretation or recommendation.

What we said, what happened

Weekly · Next 5 sessions · 35 of 40 inside the range

6 Jul: range ₹344.93 to ₹368.72, actual ₹351.75 — inside the range
7 Jul: range ₹343.05 to ₹365.29, actual ₹348.15 — inside the range
8 Jul: range ₹338.65 to ₹359.51, actual ₹344.35 — inside the range
9 Jul: range ₹334.01 to ₹355.17, actual ₹342.45 — inside the range
10 Jul: range ₹334.45 to ₹353.77, actual ₹341.85 — inside the range
13 Jul: range ₹341.54 to ₹364.43, actual ₹347.25 — inside the range
14 Jul: range ₹337.87 to ₹359.56, actual ₹348.55 — inside the range
15 Jul: range ₹335.09 to ₹355.83, actual ₹350.50 — inside the range
16 Jul: range ₹332.44 to ₹352.44, actual ₹348.60 — inside the range
17 Jul: range ₹332.79 to ₹351.10, actual ₹347.20 — inside the range
20 Jul: range ₹338.03 to ₹357.06, actual ₹350.80 — inside the range
21 Jul: range ₹339.28 to ₹358.07, actual ₹343.75 — inside the range
22 Jul: range ₹341.76 to ₹359.59, actual ₹343.50 — inside the range
23 Jul: range ₹340.36 to ₹357.68, actual ₹344.85 — inside the range
24 Jul: range ₹339.15 to ₹356.44, actual ₹347.25 — inside the range
27 Jul: range ₹342.89 to ₹359.34, actual ₹350.90 — inside the range
28 Jul: range ₹334.83 to ₹351.89, actual ₹343.65 — inside the range
29 Jul: range ₹335.60 to ₹351.45, actual ₹349.90 — inside the range
30 Jul: range ₹336.90 to ₹352.90, actual ₹345.00 — inside the range
31 Jul: range ₹339.27 to ₹354.44, actual ₹342.50 — inside the range
3 Aug: range ₹343.66 to ₹359.02, actual ₹340.45 — outside the range
4 Aug: range ₹335.88 to ₹352.98, actual ₹338.45 — inside the range
5 Aug: range ₹341.59 to ₹359.95, actual ₹339.45 — outside the range
6 Aug: range ₹336.13 to ₹354.56, actual ₹344.25 — inside the range
7 Aug: range ₹333.64 to ₹351.85, actual ₹340.00 — inside the range
10 Aug: range ₹331.89 to ₹349.28, actual ₹337.00 — inside the range
11 Aug: range ₹330.34 to ₹346.95, actual ₹337.10 — inside the range
12 Aug: range ₹331.53 to ₹347.64, actual ₹336.55 — inside the range
13 Aug: range ₹336.19 to ₹353.21, actual ₹337.50 — inside the range
14 Aug: range ₹332.05 to ₹348.30, actual ₹340.00 — inside the range
17 Aug: range ₹328.96 to ₹344.31, actual ₹339.50 — inside the range
18 Aug: range ₹329.85 to ₹344.24, actual ₹339.85 — inside the range
19 Aug: range ₹329.17 to ₹343.66, actual ₹334.60 — inside the range
20 Aug: range ₹330.35 to ₹343.76, actual ₹330.90 — inside the range
21 Aug: range ₹332.87 to ₹346.86, actual ₹330.05 — outside the range
24 Aug: range ₹331.89 to ₹346.14, actual ₹327.40 — outside the range
25 Aug: range ₹332.60 to ₹346.88, actual ₹327.50 — outside the range
26 Aug: range ₹327.27 to ₹342.23, actual ₹330.00 — inside the range
27 Aug: range ₹323.00 to ₹338.25, actual ₹330.90 — inside the range
28 Aug: range ₹323.20 to ₹338.26, actual ₹332.50 — inside the range

Shaded band = the range we published · dot = where the actual close fell within it

Where outcomes fell inside the range

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Calibration

Daily · Next sessionClaimed 80%Realised 80.4%

291 resolved forecasts

Weekly · Next 5 sessionsClaimed 80%Realised 81.2%

287 resolved forecasts

Each forecast was built only from data available on its own date — no hindsight. The range comes from historical volatility; direction is not forecast.

Recent change

NTPC — Recent change
5-day change	+0.00%
20-day change	-4.09%

Trend

NTPC — Trend
50-DMAaverage closing price of the last 50 sessions	₹343.98
200-DMAaverage closing price of the last 200 sessions	₹357.19

Momentum

NTPC — Momentum
MACD histogramthe gap between two moving averages of price	-0.393

Volume & volatility

NTPC — Volume & volatility
Volume	81,00,926
ATR (14)the average distance the price moves in a day	₹6.00

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