Mid-day market check: SENSEX, NIFTY50 pare losses; Sona BLW, ONGC, Oil India among buzzing stocks

The Indian equity benchmarks staged partial recovery from intraday lows in noon deals owing to some buying interest in Tata Consultancy Services, Sun Pharma and HCL Technologies. The 30-shares SENSEX fell as much as 1,337 points and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday low of 24,473 on the back of weak global markets amid escalating geopolitical tensions after Israel attacked Iran's nuclear and military sites. As of 12:00 pm, the SENSEX was down 667 points or 0.82% at 81,025 and NIFTY50 index was down 207 points or 0.83% at 24,681.

Here are buzzing stocks in Friday's session:

Shares of ONGC rose as much as 3% and Oil India advanced nearly 3.5%.

The Brent crude oil prices jumped to hit a 5-month high of $78 per barrel, and WTI crude oil prices jumped 10% to hit a high of $77.5 per barrel on Friday morning.

These shares along with shares of paint and tyre makers came under selling pressure as higher crude oil price impacts their margins negatively.

According to reports, Kapur suffered cardiac arrest while playing golf.

"With profound sadness, we announce the passing of our esteemed Chairman and Non-Executive Director, Sunjay Kapur, on June 12, 2025, in England, United Kingdom," Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd (Sona Comstar) said in a regulatory filing.

The project, with a tariff of ₹3.97 per unit, is to be commissioned within 24 months from the date of execution of the power purchase agreement (PPA), with an estimated investment of about ₹2,650 crore.