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HCL Tech, Eternal, Coforge, Tata Tech, among other top gainers on March 18; NIFTY50 trades over 23,780

Anubhav Mukherjee

4 min read | Updated on March 18, 2026, 11:38 IST

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SUMMARY

Stocks like HCL Tech, Eternal, Coforge, Tata Tech, Infosys, TCS, Tata Motors PV, and Jio Financial Services were among others trading higher on NIFTY50 and SENSEX as crude oil prices witnessed holding pressure near $102 per bbl. Here's what investors need to know about the gainers on Wednesday's market.

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Out of the total 50 stocks listed under the NIFTY50 index, 38 of them were trading in the green zone, while 12 stocks were in the red on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

Top gainers today: The benchmark Indian stock market indices NIFTY50 and BSE SENSEX opened higher, fueled by the index heavyweight stocks on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, as crude oil prices held their ground amid the volatile geopolitical dynamics in West Asia.
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The NIFTY50 index was trading 0.87% higher at 23,786.35 points as of 11:20 a.m. on Wednesday, compared to 23,581.15 points at the previous market close, according to NSE data. BSE SENSEX was up 0.94% to 76,784.92 points as of 11:21 a.m. on Wednesday, compared to 76,070 points at the previous market close, according to the exchange data.

NIFTYAUTO (+2.2%); NIFTYMEDIA (+2.78%); and NIFTYREALTY (+1.16%) were among the top sectoral gainers on March 18 as of the afternoon trading session, according to NSE data.

Top gainers on NIFTY50 today

HCL Tech was trading 3.85% higher; Tech Mahindra was up 3.90%; Infosys was up 3.82%; Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was up 3.25%; Zomato-parent Eternal was up 3.17%; Wipro was up 3.15%; Tata Motors PV was up 3.02%; Jio Financial Services was up 2.90%; Mahindra & Mahindra was up 2.70%; Trent was up 1.96%; Bharti Airtel was up 1.89%; Eicher Motors was up 1.74%; Adani Enterprises was up 1.54%; IndiGo was up 1.51%; Axis Bank was up 1.39%; Power Grid Corp was up 1.37%; Larsen & Toubro was up 1.36%; Maruti Suzuki was up 1.33%; Adani Ports was up 1.3%; SBI Life was up 1.27%; BEL was up 1.25%; Bajaj Auto was up 1.20%; and Dr Reddy was trading 1.10% higher.

Other gainers like Ultratech Cements were up 1%; Shriram Finance was up 0.95%; Grasim Industries was up 0.94%; Apollo Hospital was up 0.90%; Reliance was up 0.89%; Titan was up 0.52%; Tata Consumer was up 0.47%; Sun Pharma was up 0.46%; Nestle India was up 0.27%; Asian Paints was up 0.26%; Bajaj Finserv was up 0.17%; HDFC Life was up 0.12%; Max Health was up 0.10%; Hindustan Unilever was up 0.08%; and Cipla was up 0.05%.

Out of the total 50 stocks listed under the NIFTY50 index, 38 of them were trading in the green zone, while 12 stocks were in the red. Coal India, Hindalco, and HDFC Bank were among the top losers as of mid-trading day.

Top gainers on SENSEX today

HCL Tech up 4.09%; Infosys up 3.88%; Tech Mahindra up 3.87%; TCS up 3.5%; M&M up 2.73%; Eternal up 2.51%; Bharti Airtel up 1.95%; Trent up 1.91%; Power Grid Corp. up 1.51%; Adani Ports up 1.46%; L&T up 1.43%; Adani Ports up 1.51%; BEL up 1.29%; Axis bank up 1.26%; IndiGo up 1.22%; and Maruti Suzuki was trading 1.15% higher.

Others like Reliance, Ultratech Cements, Titian, Sun Pharma, ITC, Bajaj Finserv, and Asian Paints were among the gainers on Wednesday. While others like ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Hindustan Unilever, Kotak Mahindra Bank, NTPC, Bajaj Finance, and HDFC Bank were among the losers.

Out of the total 30 constituents of the BSE SENSEX index, 23 were trading in the positive, while seven stocks were in the negative zone on Wednesday’s mid market.

Top gainers on NIFTYMIDCAP100

Tata Technologies up 6.77%; Coforge up 5.75%; KPI Tech up 5.55%; OFSS up 5.36%; Persistent Systems up 5.09%; Tata Elxsi up 4.66%; Mphasis up 4.51%; Sona BLW Precision Forgings up 3.57% were among the top mid-cap gainers on the NIFTY MIDCAP 100 index as of mid-market trading on Wednesday.

While stocks like National Aluminium Co., Aurobindo Pharma, and Oil India were among the top losers on Wednesday.

The NIFTYMIDCAP100 index was trading 1.54% higher at 56,021.45 points as of 11:04 a.m. on Wednesday, compared to the previous market close level of 55,174.40 points, according to NSE data.

Top gainers on NIFTYSMALLCAP100

JBM Auto up 13.94%; Jupiter Wagons up 5.14%; Aditya Birla Real Estate up 5.32%; Ola Electric up 5.22%; Five-Star Business Finance up 5.22%, Swan Corp. up 5.08%, Angel One up 4.72%, New Gen up 4.67%, and FSL up 4.39% were among the top gainers on the index.

While others like Hindustan Copper, MRPL, Jindal Saw, MGL, and Data Patterns were among the losers on Wednesday.

NIFTYSMALLCAP100 index was trading 1.46% higher at 16,145 points as of 11:11 a.m. on Wednesday, compared to 15,912.90 points at the previous stock market close, according to NSE data.

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About The Author

Anubhav Mukherjee
Anubhav Mukherjee is a business journalist with two years of experience at leading financial news platforms. He writes on a wide range of topics, including equity markets, corporate developments, company earnings and commodities. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business & Financial Journalism by Bloomberg from the Asian College of Journalism.

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