New Delhi, 11 February (H.S.): India's domestic stock markets closed with mixed results on a flat note on Wednesday, navigating limited-range volatility throughout the trading day. The session opened modestly higher, but soon witnessed intense tug-of-war between bulls and bears, leading to fluctuations in both the Sensex and Nifty benchmarks.
At the close, the BSE Sensex ended 0.05% lower, while the NSE Nifty eked out a 0.07% gain.Throughout the day, consistent buying persisted in the automobile, PSU bank, and consumer durables sectors. Similarly, capital goods, consumer durables, healthcare, metals, and oil & gas stocks maintained upward momentum. Conversely, selling pressure weighed on public sector enterprises, technology, FMCG, and IT shares.
Amid ongoing volatility, midcap and smallcap indices also settled flat.Despite the flat trading, investors' wealth surged by ₹40,000 crore. The market capitalization of BSE-listed companies rose to ₹474.89 lakh crore (provisional) at the end of the session, up from ₹474.48 lakh crore on Tuesday—translating to approximately ₹41,000 crore in gains for investors.Trading volumes were robust: On BSE, 4,383 shares saw active trade, with 1,971 closing higher, 2,251 lower, and 161 unchanged.
On NSE, 2,909 shares traded actively, including 1,307 gainers and 1,602 decliners. Among Sensex's 30 constituents, 14 advanced and 16 declined; in the Nifty 50, 28 ended in the green and 22 in the red.
The BSE Sensex opened 65.23 points higher at 84,339.15. It quickly surged 213.42 points to an intraday high of 84,487.34. Selling pressure ensued, dragging it down over 400 points from the peak; by around 12:00 PM, it had slipped 192.67 points to 84,081.25. Buyers then mounted a recovery exceeding 150 points, allowing a final close of 40.28 points lower at 84,233.64.
Mirroring the Sensex, the NSE Nifty opened 62.30 points up at 25,997.45, climbing 74.25 points to 26,009.40 shortly after. Profit-taking erased gains promptly; by shortly before 1:00 PM, it had fallen over 110 points from the high to 25,899.80 (down 35.35 points). Late buying sparked a rebound of over 50 points, culminating in a 18.70-point gain to close at 25,953.85.
Top Performers
Among heavyweight stocks, Eicher Motors rose 6.51%, Apollo Hospitals 3.99%, State Bank of India 3.39%, Max Healthcare 3.29%, and Maruti Suzuki 1.76%—rounding out the top five gainers. On the flip side, TCS fell 2.51%, Coal India 1.79%, Infosys 1.73%, HCL Technologies 1.37%, and Eternal 1.02% to become the top five losers.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
