Top gainers and losers, Feb 16: Power Grid soars 5%, Coal India up 3%, Kwality Wall’s down 2%; check list

On Friday, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold stocks worth ₹7,395.41 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased equities worth ₹5,553.96 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

The SENSEX advanced by 650 points, or 0.79%, to end at 83,277.15, while the NIFTY50 closed at 25,682.75, up by 211.65 points or 0.83%.

NIFTY50 top gainers and losers

Shares of Power Grid Corporation of India contributed to the NIFTY50 pack, closing 4.74% higher.

It was followed by Coal India (3.26%), HDFC Bank (2.39%), Adani Enterprises (2.09%) and Max Healthcare Institute (2.03%), which were among the top gainers.

On the flip side, the top losers included Kwality Wall's, which closed 2.01% lower. Shares of Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) ice cream arm, Kwality Wall’s Industries, debuted on the bourses, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the BSE at a discount on Monday, February 16.

The stock started trading at a 25.87% discount at ₹29.80 per equity share on the NSE, compared to its adjusted price of ₹40.20 per unit. On the BSE, the scrip debuted at ₹29.90 apiece, reflecting a 21.6% discount from its adjusted price of ₹38.15 per share.

Tech Mahindra (-1.34%), Bajaj Finance (-1.15%), Maruti Suzuki India (-1.14%) and Tata Motors PV (-0.91%) were among the other top losers.

NIFTY Midcap 100 top gainers and losers

The NIFTY Midcap 100 closed 0.48% or 285 points higher at 59,723 on February 16.

It was supported by gains in GMR Airports, which ended 6.99% higher, after the company turned profitable in the December FY26 quarter.

GMR Airports. post-market hours on Friday, reported a standalone net profit of ₹50 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year compared with a loss of ₹133 crore in the previous quarter and a loss of ₹49 crore in the year-ago period.

It was followed by Aurobindo Pharma (3.53%), L&T Finance (3.51%), Dixon Technologies (3.05%), and Supreme Industries (3%), which were among the top winners.

On the contrary, shares of BSE Ltd ended 7.45% lower, leading the laggards, as capital market stocks nosedived on Monday, following the latest rules by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for capital market intermediaries.

RBI last week tightened rules for loans taken by firms that undertake proprietary trading in shares and commodities and offer leverage to clients, the latest measure aimed at reducing speculative market activity in the country. Proprietary trading (prop trading) is when a financial institution trades its own money in stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, or derivatives to earn profits—instead of trading on behalf of clients.

All credit facilities to securities firms will have to be backed by collateral, while lending for trading on their own account or investments by brokers will be prohibited, according to a statement published on the Reserve Bank of India’s website late Friday.

It was followed by IRB Infrastructure Developers (-4.11%), Godfrey Phillips India (-3.22%), PI Industries (-3.19%) and Muthoot Finance (2.81%), which were among the top laggards.

Shares of IRB Infra fell as it posted a 96.5% YoY decline in its consolidated net profit to ₹210.71 crore in Q3FY26, compared to ₹6,026.11 crore in the year-ago period. Its bottom line fell due to the implementation of the new labour code, as it recorded a one-time impact of ₹42.7 crore, and added that the “new labour code resulted in a material increase in provision for employee benefits on account of recognition of past service costs.”

Its profit after tax (PAT) before exceptional items thus surged 14% YoY to ₹253 crore for the December quarter of FY26, as against ₹222 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Its board also approved a 1:1 bonus share issue and declared its third interim dividend.

NIFTY Smallcap 100 top gainers and losers

NSE’s small-cap gauge, the NIFTY Smallcap 100, closed at 17,050.90, marking an 18-point or 0.11% increase.

Natco Pharma (6.57%), BLS International Services (6.20%), Signatureglobal (5.43%), JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (4.66%), and Himadri Speciality Chemical (4.43%) were among the top gainers.

On the other hand, the top losers included Brainbees Solutions (-11.25%), Ola Electric Mobility (-6.77%), Inox Wind (-5.30%), Angel One (-5.13%) and Aegis Vopak Terminals (-3.38%).