Top gainers and losers, Feb 17: Adani Enterprises soars 3%, ITC, BEL, Infosys rise 2%; check list

The positive sentiment in the market was also brought about by the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai for the AI summit and bilateral talks in India.

On Monday, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold stocks worth ₹972.13 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased equities worth ₹1,666.98 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

The SENSEX surged by 173.81 points or 0.21% to close at 83,450.96, while the 50-share NIFTY edged up by 42.65 points or 0.17% to 25,725.40.

NIFTY50 top gainers and losers

The 50-share NIFTY index was bolstered by gains in the stock of Adani Enterprises, which closed 2.74% higher. During the day’s trade, the company announced an investment of $100 billion to develop renewable-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres by 2035, in one of the world’s largest integrated energy-compute commitments.

The investment is expected to catalyse an additional $150 billion across server manufacturing, advanced electrical infrastructure and sovereign cloud platforms over the next decade, creating a $250 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure ecosystem in India, the group said in a statement.

It was followed by ITC (2.34%), Bharat Electronics (1.97%), Infosys (1.88%), and Larsen and Toubro (1.77%), which were among the top gainers on February 17.

Shares of Infosys surged as much as 4.79% to an intraday high of ₹1,431 per unit, as the firm said it has tied up with AI safety and research firm Anthropic.

Furthermore, L&T stock hit a 52-week high of ₹4,287 apiece, a day after the engineering and infrastructure giant said its wholly-owned subsidiary L&T Power Development Ltd (LTPDL) has agreed to sell 100% of equity and convertible instruments in Nabha Power Ltd (NPL) to Torrent Power Ltd.

On the other hand, the top losers pack was led by Kwality Wall's, which slipped 5%. Hindalco Industries (-1.87%), Eternal (-1.83%), Tata Steel (-1.42%) and Trent (-1.41%) trailed behind Kwality Wall’s.

NIFTY Midcap 100 top gainers and losers

NSE’s midcap gauge, the NIFTY Midcap 100, rose 0.27% or 158.70 points to close at 59,881.70 on Tuesday.

The index was supported by One 97 Communications, which closed 4.29% higher.

It was followed by Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (3.64%), Indian Bank (3.50%), Cochin Shipyard (3.45%) and Bank of India (3.10%), which were among the top winners.

Shares of Cochin Shipyard rallied as much as 7.15% to hit a high of ₹1,574.50 apiece on the NSE, following its business update on Monday, after market hours.

In its filing to stock exchanges, Cochin Shipyard said that at the meeting held on Monday at the Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has been declared as L1 in the tender floated by the Ministry of Defence for the construction of 5 nos. of Next Generation Survey Vessels (NGSV) for the Indian Navy. The estimated total order value is around ₹5,000 crore.

On the flipside, shares of SRF ended 3.93% lower. The other top laggards included Swiggy (-3.10%), Waaree Energies (-2.30%), National Aluminium Company (-2.25%), and BSE (-1.88%).

NIFTY Smallcap 100 top gainers and losers

The NIFTY Smallcap 100 ended at 17,146.70, up by 95.80 points or 0.56% on Tuesday.

It was held up by buying in Newgen Software Technologies (11.59%), Aegis Vopak Terminals (5.83%), PCBL Chemical (4.77%), Delhivery (4.04%) and Whirlpool of India (3.99%).

On the contrary, Brainbees Solutions (-4.17%), Hindustan Copper (-4.07%), Signatureglobal (-2.57%), Ola Electric Mobility (-2.50%) and Multi Commodity Exchange of India (-2.49%) were among the top losers.