Equity benchmark indices traded in positive territory in the mid-trading session after a muted opening, taking cues from foreign fund inflows and global market sentiment. However, market experts suggest that the volatility would continue amid Trump’s tariffs and trade war.
After a flat opening, Sensex zoomed 417.21 pts or 0.52 per cent to 80,275.00 as at 1.02 pm (close to intraday high of 80,294.40). Nifty 50 increased by 127.85 pts or 0.52 per cent to 24,491.15.
Midcap index outperformed smallcap index. On the sectoral front, PSU Bank rose over 1.5 per cent, defence index up 1.20 per cent, realty, healthcare and pharma also followed with marginal gains. On the other hand, consumer durables and oil & gas indexes dipped to trade in the negative territory.
Top gainers & losers intraday
Shares of Adani Enterprises, Tata Motors, SBI, Trent and Grasim led the gainers of Nifty 50, while ICICI Bank, Hero Motocorp, Bharat Electronics, Bajaj Auto, HDFC Life and ONGC slipped to trade among major losers.
A total of 2,933 stocks were traded on the National Stock Exchange at the time of writing, while 1,370 advanced and 1,480 declined. Fortis, Delhivery, eClerx Services, Indian Bank and Yatharth Hospital featured among 49 stocks that hit a 52-week high, while 99 stocks such as GRP, Quess Corp, Protean eGov and Capacit’e Infraprojects hit a 52-week low.
65 shares such as Yatra Online and Vipul were locked in the upper circuit, while 76 stocks, including Suven and Best Agro hit the lower cirucit.
Midcap & smallcap movers
Ashok Leyland, Supreme Industries, Policy Bazaar, Mazagon Dock and Bharat Forge surged 3-4 per cent under the midcap segment, while Voltas, Oil India, CONCOR, Biocon and PI Industries depreciated 1-6 per cent.
Among the smallcap index, Afcons, Data Patterns, BEML, KPIL and MCX soared 3-5 per cent, while Amber, ACE, IGIL, Welspun Living and ITI declined 3-7 per cent.
On the BSE, shares of HBL Engineering, DOMS Industries, TVS Supply Chains, Transformers and Rectifiers and Apollo Micro Systems zoomed 6-13 per cent. PGEL, Garware Hi-Tech, Amber, Indigo Paints and PTC Industries dragged the most.
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Published on August 11, 2025
