Share market update: Midcaps outperform Sensex; Havells India surges 9%

NEW DELHI: Midcaps were outperforming benchmark Sensex in Monday's session.

Around 12:10 pm, the BSE Midcap index was trading 0.53 per cent up at 15,276, while the BSE Sensex was 0.24 per cent up at 36,583. The NSE Nifty50 was 0.28 per cent up at 11,041 around that time.

Havells India (up 8.70 per cent), L&T Finance Holdings (up 5.41 per cent), Vakrangee (up 4.97 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 3.16 per cent) and GRUH Finance (up 2.76 per cent) were among the top gainers in the index.


On the contrary, TVS Motor Company (down 4.71 per cent), Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) (down 2.38 per cent), 3M India (down 1.97 per cent), Bharat Electronics (down 1.89 per cent) and Reliance Power (down 1.79 per cent) were among the top losers in the index around the same time.

The equity markets were in positive terrain on buying in bank and FMCG stocks, including ITC, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank.

In the Sensex index, 23 stocks were advancing, while 8 stocks were declining.

Bharti Airtel, NTPC and Adani Ports featured among the top gainers in the Sensex index.

On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto and Wipro were among the top Sensex losers.