The domestic market traded on a cautious note on Friday, with the benchmark indices swinging between gains and losses amid weak global cues and tariff-related concerns.
After touching 80,300 level, traded with 148.98 pts or 0.19 per cent gains at 80,229.55 as at 12.47 pm. It had hit an intraday low of 79,944.67. rose by 40.80 pts or 0.17 per cent to 24,541.70. The index moderated between 24,464.15-24,572.45.
Both midcap and smallcap indexes traded with marginal gains. Sector-wise performance was mixed — FMCG & consumer stocks showed resilience with modest gains. Realty, auto, IT and oil & gas dipped to trade in negative territory.
Top gainers & losers today
Among the Sensex firms, Trent, , and led the gainers, while , Eternal, , Apollo Hospitals and were major laggards.
A total of 2,933 stocks were traded on the at the time of writing, with market breadth tilted towards the positive side. Out of these, 1,798 stocks advanced, while 1,032 declined and 103 remained unchanged.
During the session, 41 stocks including HBL Engineering, PGIHL, Sudarshan Chemicals, Uno Minda and Dalmia Bharat, touched their 52-week high such as MobiKwik, Khadim and Five Star, whereas 59 slipped to their 52-week low. Meanwhile, 58 stocks hit the upper circuit, while 38 stocks were locked in the lower circuit, reflecting selective investor activity.
On the brighter side, all eyes were on heavyweight Reliance Industries ahead of the AGM scheduled today.
In addition, Colgate, United Spirits, Britannia, ITC and Marico led the gainers of Nifty FMCG index.
Midcap & smallcap performers today
Under the midcap segment, , , Escorts, and IRB soared 2-3.5 per cent, while BSE, SJVN, Nykaa, VMM and NHPC declined over 2 per cent.
Of the smallcap segment, Godfrey Phillips, HBL Engineering, Redington, Bata India, CAMS, GRSE shares rose over 2-6 per cent. Aegis Logistics, Welspun Living, Go Digit, Reliance Power, Angel One and Signature Global shares declined 1-3 per cent.
On the BSE, shares of Granules, Coffee Day and Apollo Micro zoomed over 8 per cent, while Genus Power, JSL, Orient Cement, VTL and LMW declined 3-7 per cent.