Persistent Systems
End-of-day close · 3 Sept 2026
Recent closes
52-week range
14.3% below its high · 33.3% above its low
Persistent Systems closed down 0.58% on 3 Sep 2026
A hammer formed on the daily chart — a long lower shadow that suggests buyers stepped in after an early dip and pushed price back up from the lows, a pattern often read as hesitation from sellers. The session still ended modestly lower, but on volume that merely matched the 20-day norm, so the intraday pullback carries little weight behind it. The close sits about a tenth above the 200-day average, which it has held on a closing basis in recent sessions, and roughly 14% below the 52-week high. Momentum readings are collectively unremarkable — RSI mid-range, MACD slightly negative, ADX pointing to only a mild trend. The overall picture is one of consolidation just above long-term support rather than a decisive move in either direction. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
The session
₹5,657.00 — the close landed in the upper part of a session that ran between ₹5,501.00 and ₹5,668.00. Volume came to 5,01,616 shares, roughly 1.0× the 20-day average, so participation was about as normal as it gets.
Trend structure
Every moving average tracked here — 20-day, 50-day, 200-day — sits below the close. The 200-day average stands at ₹5,462.25. ADX (14) reads 20.2, which describes a trend that is there, just not a strong one.
Momentum
The gauges don't agree with each other, which is the usual picture when the market has no clear direction. RSI (14) is 54.5, between the conventional oversold and overbought thresholds. The MACD histogram is negative — a note on where the shorter average sits relative to the longer one, and nothing about the next session.
Volatility and range
A typical day lately has spanned ₹166.77, or 2.95% of price — that is the 14-session average true range, and the yardstick that decides whether today's move was large or ordinary. The 20-day volatility band ran from ₹5,386.53 to ₹5,827.07, and the close sat right in the middle of it.
The year so far
Over the past year the stock has moved between ₹4,244.50 and ₹6,599.00. The close sits 14.27% below the 52-week high and 33.28% above the 52-week low. Five sessions show a change of 0.05%; twenty show 3.62% — the two horizons agree in direction.
Fundamentals as reported
Market capitalisation is 88,169 crore, and the stock belongs to the Technology sector (Information Technology Services). On the reported figures: price-to-earnings of 47.0 and price-to-book of 10.5. The same filing set shows return on equity of 25.20%, a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.9 and a dividend yield of 0.62%. These are ratios as reported, not a view on whether they are justified.
How often our range has been right
This page publishes a 1-day range, not a price call — and the range gets scored against what actually happened. Of 288 resolved 1-day ranges for this stock, the close landed inside the 20.0% range 79.86% of the time. Against a naive benchmark over the same window, it did better. A figure below the nominal rate means the ranges have been too narrow; above it, too wide. Both are shown here rather than tucked into an internal report.
Company Events
Fund Raising/Other business matters
Dividend - Rs 18 Per Share
Interim Dividend - Rs 22 Per Share
Annual General Meeting/Dividend - Rs 15 Per Share
Interim Dividend - Rs 20 Per Share
Source: NSE public corporate announcements. Factual only — no interpretation or recommendation.
What we said, what happened
Weekly · Next 5 sessions · 38 of 40 inside the range- 6 Jul: range ₹4,167.95 to ₹5,205.17, actual ₹5,192.40 — inside the range
- 7 Jul: range ₹4,337.48 to ₹5,400.03, actual ₹5,129.10 — inside the range
- 8 Jul: range ₹4,259.85 to ₹5,266.76, actual ₹5,075.80 — inside the range
- 9 Jul: range ₹4,287.71 to ₹5,351.54, actual ₹5,059.30 — inside the range
- 10 Jul: range ₹4,521.03 to ₹5,597.45, actual ₹5,183.90 — inside the range
- 13 Jul: range ₹4,625.24 to ₹5,726.46, actual ₹5,188.70 — inside the range
- 14 Jul: range ₹4,587.42 to ₹5,570.56, actual ₹5,219.00 — inside the range
- 15 Jul: range ₹4,601.77 to ₹5,550.27, actual ₹5,098.80 — inside the range
- 16 Jul: range ₹4,580.15 to ₹5,510.34, actual ₹5,001.90 — inside the range
- 17 Jul: range ₹4,721.22 to ₹5,617.01, actual ₹5,200.50 — inside the range
- 20 Jul: range ₹4,761.84 to ₹5,588.21, actual ₹5,268.20 — inside the range
- 21 Jul: range ₹4,793.03 to ₹5,614.82, actual ₹5,428.40 — inside the range
- 22 Jul: range ₹4,679.80 to ₹5,447.60, actual ₹5,483.30 — outside the range
- 23 Jul: range ₹4,586.69 to ₹5,386.96, actual ₹5,514.70 — outside the range
- 24 Jul: range ₹4,714.42 to ₹5,643.69, actual ₹5,549.00 — inside the range
- 27 Jul: range ₹4,818.46 to ₹5,697.09, actual ₹5,575.00 — inside the range
- 28 Jul: range ₹5,002.59 to ₹5,857.63, actual ₹5,499.00 — inside the range
- 29 Jul: range ₹5,012.29 to ₹5,895.54, actual ₹5,520.00 — inside the range
- 30 Jul: range ₹5,152.36 to ₹5,908.49, actual ₹5,459.50 — inside the range
- 31 Jul: range ₹5,170.20 to ₹5,957.08, actual ₹5,475.00 — inside the range
- 3 Aug: range ₹5,181.28 to ₹5,935.32, actual ₹5,474.00 — inside the range
- 4 Aug: range ₹5,128.01 to ₹5,872.49, actual ₹5,536.00 — inside the range
- 5 Aug: range ₹5,187.76 to ₹5,875.15, actual ₹5,474.00 — inside the range
- 6 Aug: range ₹5,130.56 to ₹5,789.59, actual ₹5,523.00 — inside the range
- 7 Aug: range ₹5,133.76 to ₹5,789.87, actual ₹5,580.00 — inside the range
- 10 Aug: range ₹5,181.52 to ₹5,787.92, actual ₹5,570.00 — inside the range
- 11 Aug: range ₹5,245.44 to ₹5,853.45, actual ₹5,442.50 — inside the range
- 12 Aug: range ₹5,213.50 to ₹5,772.65, actual ₹5,510.00 — inside the range
- 13 Aug: range ₹5,249.53 to ₹5,785.61, actual ₹5,674.00 — inside the range
- 14 Aug: range ₹5,308.23 to ₹5,859.76, actual ₹5,667.50 — inside the range
- 17 Aug: range ₹5,305.53 to ₹5,808.37, actual ₹5,694.00 — inside the range
- 18 Aug: range ₹5,180.32 to ₹5,661.82, actual ₹5,655.00 — inside the range
- 19 Aug: range ₹5,234.89 to ₹5,745.96, actual ₹5,590.50 — inside the range
- 20 Aug: range ₹5,408.57 to ₹5,935.13, actual ₹5,654.00 — inside the range
- 21 Aug: range ₹5,422.45 to ₹5,902.05, actual ₹5,875.00 — inside the range
- 24 Aug: range ₹5,474.03 to ₹5,914.47, actual ₹5,594.50 — inside the range
- 25 Aug: range ₹5,425.46 to ₹5,877.44, actual ₹5,800.00 — inside the range
- 26 Aug: range ₹5,372.19 to ₹5,794.40, actual ₹5,690.00 — inside the range
- 27 Aug: range ₹5,426.94 to ₹5,857.59, actual ₹5,657.00 — inside the range
- 28 Aug: range ₹5,614.68 to ₹6,110.26, actual ₹5,643.00 — inside the range
Shaded band = the range we published · dot = where the actual close fell within it
Where outcomes fell inside the range
Calibration
291 resolved forecasts
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
| 5-day change | +0.05% |
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| 20-day change | +3.62% |
Trend
| 50-DMAaverage closing price of the last 50 sessions | ₹5,281.93 |
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| 200-DMAaverage closing price of the last 200 sessions | ₹5,462.25 |
Momentum
| MACD histogramthe gap between two moving averages of price | -11.48 |
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Volume & volatility
| Volume | 5,01,616 |
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| ATR (14)the average distance the price moves in a day | ₹166.77 |
Computed from public end-of-day exchange prices. No personal or account data of any kind.