Broader market check: PI Industries, IGL, Newgen Tech, Atul among top gainers from mid- and small-cap segments

After opening lower on Monday, June 16, the broader market recovered from its day’s low and traded positively during the intraday period as the equity benchmark indices extended gains.

Last seen, the Nifty Midcap 100 was trading 0.69% higher, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 index advanced 0.49%.

Over a week, the Nifty Midcap 100 index has lost almost 2%, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 gauge has tumbled 2.3%.

Meanwhile, the equity benchmark indices NIFTY50 and SENSEX were trading 0.91% and 0.84% higher during the intraday period on Monday.

After opening at the 58,222.95 level on Monday, the NIFTY Midcap 100 index touched a high of the 58,592.50 level and a low of 57,597.15 during the intraday period.

Some of the IT stocks, like Persistent Systems (2.51%), Oracle Financial Services (2.44%), Mphasis (2.17%) and Tata Technologies (0.75%), were also trading higher as the sector continued to rise.

However, some midcap stocks were seen lower. Mazagon Dock (-1.89%), Bharat Dynamics (-0.95%), Page Industries (-0.92%), Bharti Hexacom (-0.84%) and IRCTC (-0.77%) were among the top losers.

After opening at the 18,391.50 level, the NIFTY Smallcap 100 index touched a high of the 18,499.35 level and a low of the 18,085.45 level during the intraday period on Monday.

Meanwhile, Neuland Laboratories (-2.37%), Five-Star Business Finance (-2.04%), Tata Teleservices (-1.97%), HFCL (-1.73%) and Aegis Logistics (-1.68%) were the biggest laggards on the index.