ICICI Bank, Prestige Estate, Inox Wind among buzzing stocks as SENSEX, NIFTY50 trade flat in noon deals

The Indian benchmark indices, SENSEX and NIFTY50, were trading flat with a positive bias during the afternoon session on Thursday, September 3, amid buying in banking and realty stocks and a decline in global crude oil prices.

Furthermore, FII inflows, a strong rupee, and strong global cues also boosted investor sentiment.

The SENSEX soared as much as 0.5% to hit an intraday high of 76,924.48. Meanwhile, the NIFTY50 surged as much as 0.5% to reach the session’s peak of 24,025.40.

While the indices were off their day’s high during the afternoon session, they continued trading in the green. At 1:02 PM, the S&P BSE SENSEX rose by 39.05 points, or 0.05%, to trade at 76,609.40. NSE’s NIFTY50 stood at 23,918.50, marking a 4.05-point, or 0.02% jump.

On Wednesday, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth ₹6,688.37 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased equities worth ₹2,812.98 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

The NIFTY50 index was supported by gains in Adani Ports, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and State Bank of India, which were among the top gainers.

On the other hand, the top losers included Titan Company, Tech Mahindra, Cipla, Bajaj Finance and Nestle India.

Buzzing stocks on September 3: Check list

Shares of banking stocks were trading with notable gains on Thursday, September 3, following the update that India attracted a whopping $127.23 billion in Foreign Currency Non-Resident (FCNR-B) deposits under the Reserve Bank's special USD-INR forex swap facility till August 31, the closing date.

The closing date was advanced by a month following a robust response from the Indian diaspora.

Prestige Estates Projects stock soared as much as 3.75% to hit an intraday high of ₹1,641.40 per equity share on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday, September 3, after the company informed the exchanges, in a regulatory filing, that the Prestige Group has added a 17.14-acre land parcel in Sector 109, Gurgaon, to its residential development portfolio.

The project will have a saleable area of approximately 2.8 million sq. ft., with an estimated Gross Development Value (GDV) of approximately ₹5,600 crore, it added.

The land parcel has connectivity to the Dwarka Expressway and also provides connectivity to key residential, commercial, and social infrastructure destinations across Gurgaon and Delhi, the filing added.

Shares of ICICI Bank advanced as much as 1.8% to hit an intraday high of ₹1,452 apiece on the NSE on Thursday, September 3, as the bank said that it has completed acquiring a 2% stake in its subsidiary, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company.

The Bank, in a regulatory filing in the evening on September 2, said that it completed acquiring 29,015,693 equity shares, with a face value of ₹10 each, of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, representing 2% of the latter’s equity share capital as of June 30, 2026.

ICICI Bank completed the purchase through multiple tranches executed between July 22, 2026 and September 2, 2026, for an approximate consideration of ₹1,470 crore (or ₹14.70 billion), via the stock exchange mechanism. Following this, the Bank’s shareholding in ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company stands at approximately 52.8%.

The stock of RBL Bank jumped as much as 5.2% to hit its 52-week high level of ₹409.65 on the NSE, as the private sector lender on Wednesday said it has garnered $3.4 billion from foreign currency non-resident bank (FCNR-B) deposits up to August 31, the closure date of the concessional swap facility.

"Pursuant to Reserve Bank of India's swap facility for FCNR (B) deposits up to August 31, 2026, the deposit mobilisation by RBL Bank is $3.4 billion," the bank said in a regulatory filing.

Loans provided by the international banking unit of the bank against such deposits stand at $1.08 billion, it said.

Godrej Consumer Products shares declined 5% to their intraday and 52-week low of ₹859.55 apiece during the trading session on Thursday, September 3, as investors focused on the FMCG company’s cautious guidance regarding India business growth amid a recent leadership change, with the new CEO focused on portfolio expansion.

GCPL conducted a conference call with its analysts and investors on Wednesday, September 2, where the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firm discussed the company’s business update with the new MD & CEO, Aasif Malbari.

Although the company management reiterated its stance of focusing on improving underlying volume growth (UVG) and portfolio expansion, concerns remain on the execution and strategy front with the near-term input cost headwinds in the market.

Hexaware Technologies stock fell as much as 4.5% to reach an intraday low of ₹519.20 per equity share on Thursday, after the company’s management announced leadership changes.

The IT services firm’s CEO and Whole-Time Director Srikrishna Ramakarthikeyan resigned and will step down effective October 28, 2026. He has led Hexaware for 12 years and will remain with the company as a senior advisor to ensure a smooth leadership transition.

Hexaware Technologies appointed Vivek Jetley as CEO designate. Vivek will assume the role of CEO on October 28, 2026. The appointment comes at a decisive moment for Hexaware as the company enters its next phase of accelerated growth with AI reshaping enterprise technology services globally and creating new sources of client demand.

Inox Wind shares gained as much as 3% to touch an intraday high of ₹72.70 per unit, after the company said it has bagged a major order from Indian Oil Corporation.

Worth ₹755 crore, the company said it has secured a 100 MW turnkey order, which will be executed on a turnkey basis and includes post-commissioning operations and maintenance (O&M) services.

Under the order, Inox Wind will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of the project, including the supply of wind turbine generators, engineering, procurement & construction (EPC), project execution and post-commissioning O&M services.

The stock of Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions soared as much as 8.1% to hit an intraday high of ₹1,359 per equity share, as it witnessed a block deal in the first half of the session on Thursday, September 3.

Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions saw a trade worth ₹199.31 crore. As many as 16,33,727 shares changed hands during the block deal window, according to NSE data.

The morning block deal window, or the first session, operates from 8:45 AM to 9:00 AM, while the afternoon block deal window, or the second session, operates from 2:05 PM to 2:20 PM.

Capri Global shares rallied 6% to hit a 52-week high of ₹272 apiece on Thursday, September 3, after the NBFC company said it has completed its first-ever US dollar bond issuance, raising $300 million through Senior Secured Notes maturing in 2029.

The transaction was managed by a consortium of global banks comprising Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Emirates NBD and UBS. Bonds were priced at a coupon of 7.55% per annum.

The issue was oversubscribed by over 2.3x, with an order book exceeding $700 million across 64 high-quality accounts and the issue saw one of the highest allocations to global real money investors.

By region, allocation was led by the US (49%), Asia (39%), and EMEA (12%). By investor type, Capri Global said asset managers/fund managers accounted for 91%, insurance companies 5%, and banks, private banks, and others 4%.

Shares of Lumino Industries Ltd made a robust debut on the stock exchanges on September 3. The stock is listed at ₹110 per equity share on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). This reflects a premium of 34.15% over the initial public offering (IPO) issue price of ₹82 apiece. On the BSE, it started trading at ₹109 per unit, up 32.93% from the issue price.

The IPO was subscribed a whopping 118.12 times, as it attracted bids for 7,46,59,52,130 shares versus 6,32,05,127 shares on offer, as per the NSE data.

The ₹700 crore initial share sale consisted of a fresh issuance of equity shares valued at ₹500 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) component of ₹200 crore.