SENSEX falls 307 pts, NIFTY50 below 25,600 in noon deals; HCLTech, TCS, Paytm among buzzing stocks

The Indian benchmark indices, SENSEX and NIFTY50, tumbled in the afternoon session on Tuesday, January 13, amid selling in infrastructure, real estate and defence stocks. Furthermore, persistent FII outflow also dampened investor sentiment.

The SENSEX fell as much as 0.42% to an intraday low of 83,525.45, while the NIFTY50 touched the session’s low of 25,687.95.

At 12:42 PM, the S&P BSE SENSEX slumped by 307.28 points, or 0.37%, to 83,570.89. NSE’s NIFTY50 was trading at 25,693.75, reflecting a 96.50 points, or 0.37% decline.

On Monday, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth ₹3,443.02 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought equities worth ₹5,500.26 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

Larsen & Toubro (-2.87%), Trent (-1.91%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (-1.68%), Reliance Industries (-1.61%) and Maruti Suzuki India (-1.50%) were among the top losers of the NIFTY50 pack.

On the other hand, the top gainers included Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (2.88%), Eternal (1.96%), ICICI Bank (1.73%), Hindalco Industries (1.34%) and Shriram Finance (1.17%).

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Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) fell as much as 0.9% to an intraday low of ₹3,210.50 per unit in early trade on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday, before rebounding to trade in green.

This comes after the IT-service provider reported a 13.91% drop in the December quarter profit at ₹10,657 crore, majorly due to a one-time impact of new labour codes.

Implementation of the new labour codes during the quarter resulted in a "statutory impact" of ₹2,128 crore, the company stated, adding that, excluding the one-time impact, its profit would have grown 8.5% to ₹13,438 crore.

Overall revenue from operations during the quarter increased 4.86% to ₹67,087 crore from ₹63,973 crore, and Chief Executive and Managing Director K Krithivasan told analysts that artificial intelligence and the associated data revenues led the topline growth.

Its board of directors also declared a third interim dividend of ₹11 and a special dividend of ₹46 per equity share of ₹1 each of the company.

The third interim dividend and the special dividend shall be paid on Tuesday, February 3, to the shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members of the company or in the records of the depositories as beneficial owners of the shares as on Saturday, January 17, 2026, which is the record date fixed for the purpose.

HCL Technologies' stock declined as much as 2.5% to the session’s low of ₹1,626 per equity share, before surging to trade in the positive territory, a day after it announced its Q3FY26 results.

It posted a 13.3% fall in its consolidated net profit to ₹4,076 crore against ₹4,591 crore recorded in the year-ago period. On a quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) basis, the net profit fell 3.8%.

The company's consolidated revenue, however, jumped 13.32% during the third quarter of the current financial year (Q3 FY26) to ₹33,872 crore, rising from ₹29,890 crore in Q3 FY25. Sequentially, its revenue rose 6%.

HCLTech's Board declared an interim dividend of ₹12 per equity share, with a face value of ₹2 each for FY26. The company fixed Friday, January 16, as the record date for the interim dividend, and set Tuesday, January 27, as the payment date.

Shares of Kalpataru rallied as much as 10% to an intraday high of ₹375.65 apiece on January 13, as it reported its operational updates for the third quarter of the 2025-26 financial year (Q3FY26).

The realty company witnessed a 14% year-on-year (YoY) decline in its pre-sales to ₹870 crore for the December quarter of FY26, compared to ₹1,008 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.

However, its collections for the reporting quarter soared 17% YoY to ₹1,101 crore, as against ₹943 crore for the third quarter of FY25.

The stock of One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, was trading 2.45% higher at ₹1,287.60 apiece on the NSE.

This comes after the company witnessed continued institutional participation in the December quarter (Q3 FY26), reflecting sustained confidence in the company’s long-term growth trajectory and improving fundamentals.

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) emerged as key incremental buyers during the quarter, with Category I FPIs increasing their stake to 25.33% in Q3 from 23.01% in Q2 FY26, driven by Paytm's inclusion in the MSCI Global Standard Index in November 2025.

Shares of Omaxe gained as much as 12.27% to an intraday high of ₹81.90 per unit on the NSE on plans to invest ₹500 crore in Ludhiana to launch the mixed-use Omaxe Chowk project.

In a regulatory filing, the company said that it secured the 5.25-acre land parcel through a competitive bidding process conducted by the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA).

NLC India's stock rose as much as 3.15% to the day’s peak of ₹263.95 per equity share, as the company's board approved a host of proposals on Monday.

In its regulatory filing, NLC India said that it has received approval from the company's board of directors for the listing of its subsidiary, NLC India Renewables.

The company has also approved the declaration of an interim dividend of 36% (i.e., ₹3.60 per equity share) on the face value of paid-up equity shares of ₹10 each for FY26.

KPI Green Energy shares soared as much as 6.32% to an intraday high of ₹469.35 apiece, after the KP Group entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Gujarat for the development of renewable energy projects worth ₹4,000 crore.