This Python script scrapes the top 5 gainers and losers from the NSE India website using Selenium and sends an email with the data in tabular HTML format.

• Scrapes top 5 gainers and losers from NSE daily market snapshot.
• Sends an HTML email with the extracted data.
• Uses environment variables for secure credentials.
• Configurable SMTP email delivery (supports Gmail, Outlook, etc.).

• Python 3.x
• Selenium
• Chrome WebDriver (via webdriver-manager)
• smtplib for sending emails
• dotenv for managing environment variables

git clone https://github.com/your-username/nse-market-snapshot.git
cd nse-market-snapshot

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a .env file in the root directory with the following content:

SMTP_SERVER = smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_PORT = 587
SENDER_EMAIL = [email protected]
SENDER_PASSWORD = your_email_password_or_app_password
RECEIVER_EMAIL = [email protected]

⚠️ For Gmail, enable App Passwords if 2FA is on.

pip install -r requirements.txt

This will:

• Open NSE website using headless Chrome
• Navigate to the "Top Gainers/Losers" section
• Extract top 5 from each
• Send a formatted HTML email

Schedule the script with cron (Linux/macOS) or Task Scheduler (Windows) for daily execution. Example cron entry to run every weekday at 4:15 PM:

15 16 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/python3 /path/to/main.py

Do not hardcode credentials. Use the .env file and keep it out of version control (.gitignore it).

A sample email body:

Subject: 📈 NSE Top 5 Gainers and Losers Today

Top 5 Gainers

Top 5 Losers

This project is for educational and personal use only. NSE data is copyrighted and scraping may be restricted.

Rishabh Dhawad

Made with ❤️ and Python 🐍