SENSEX drops 414 pts, NIFTY50 at 25,843 in noon deals; Lenskart, HUL, Jupiter Wagon among buzzing stocks

Benchmark indices, SENSEX and NIFTY50, faced downside pressure in the afternoon session on Thursday, February 12, weighed down by selling in IT shares.

The SENSEX declined by as much as 542.60 points to an intraday low of 83,690.95. Meanwhile, the NIFTY50 touched the session’s low of 25,806.50.

At 12:32 PM, the S&P BSE SENSEX fell by 414 points, or 0.49%, to 83,819.01, while NSE’s NIFTY50 was trading at 25,843.30, reflecting a 110.55 points, or 0.43% drop.

On Wednesday, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) purchased stocks worth ₹125.36 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) sold shares worth ₹4,058.22 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

The NIFTY50 index was dragged by selling in Infosys (-4.77%), Tata Consultancy Services (-4.76%), Wipro (-4.42%), Tech Mahindra (-4.18%) and HCL Technologies (-3.30%), which were among the top losers.

On the contrary, the top winners included Shriram Finance (up 2.37%), Bajaj Finance (2.15%), Eicher Motors (1.75%), Trent (1.34%) and ICICI Bank (1.37%).

Buzzing stocks on February 12: Check list

Shares of eyewear firm Lenskart surged as much as 12.77% to hit a record high of ₹527.30 apiece on the NSE on Thursday, February 12.

This comes a day after the company posted a multifold jump in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to ₹132.7 crore in the December quarter of FY26, driven by growth in margin, new customer addition, and positive returns from international business.

In the year-ago period, it had logged a profit of ₹1.8 crore, it said in a regulatory filing.

Its revenue from operations increased 38% YoY to ₹2,308 crore during the reported quarter from ₹1,669 crore in the December FY25 quarter.

Jupiter Wagons' stock declined as much as 4.19% to hit an intraday low of ₹297.25 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), as it informed exchanges in post-market hours on Wednesday that its net profit in the October-December period fell 35% YoY to ₹63 crore from ₹97 crore in the same period last year.

The Kolkata-based company's revenue from operations declined 13.5% to ₹890 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year from ₹1,030 crore in Q3FY25.

Shares of Borosil Scientific soared as much as 20% to hit the session’s peak of ₹126.60 apiece on the NSE, a day after it posted a 101.63% YoY increase in its consolidated net profit to ₹8.67 crore in the December quarter of FY26, compared to ₹4.3 crore in the year-ago period.

Its revenue from operations advanced 19.57% YoY to ₹121.3 crore for the reporting quarter, as against ₹101.45 crore in Q3FY25.

Kirloskar Oil Engines' stock rallied as much as 8.32% to hit a 52-week high of ₹1,434.90 per unit on the NSE, as its consolidated net profit soared 56.2% YoY to ₹111.4 crore for the reporting quarter, from ₹71.3 crore in Q3FY25.

Its revenue from operations stood at ₹1,872.6 crore in the December quarter of FY26, marking a 29.2% YoY jump from ₹1,449.3 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) shares fell as much as 4.58% to an intraday low of ₹2,350.10 apiece on the NSE, despite reporting a 121.41% YoY increase in its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to ₹6,607 crore for Q3FY26.

In the year-ago period, it had posted a PAT of ₹2,984 crore, according to an exchange filing.

Its revenue from operations stood at ₹16,580 crore for the reporting quarter, reflecting a 5% YoY jump from ₹15,788 crore in the October-December quarter of FY25.

The stock of Ather Energy advanced as much as 3.71% to hit the day’s high of ₹742.85 per equity share on the NSE in the early trade on Thursday, February 12.

This comes after Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale, and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, among others, on Wednesday collectively bought a 1.92% stake in the company from the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund for nearly ₹521 crore through open market transactions.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (MF), Tata MF, Invesco MF, Motilal Oswal MF, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF, WhiteOak Capital MF, and Tata AIG Life Insurance Company Ltd also bought shares of electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy, as per the block deal data available on the BSE and NSE.