Top gainers and losers on September 17: Hero Motocorp, Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airtel among NIFTY movers

Benchmark indices SENSEX and NIFTY closed flat on Tuesday, September 17. The NIFTY50 index closed at 25,418, up by 34.8 points, or 0.14%. The key index surged to an intraday high of 25,441.

BSE SENSEX settled at 83,079, up 90.88 points, or 0.11%. The index rallied to an intraday high of 83,152 points earlier.

Among the sectoral indices, NIFTY Realty and NIFTY Consumer Durables were the top gainers as they closed higher at 0.61% and 0.49%, respectively. NIFTY Media and NIFTY PSU Bank emerged as the top drags among sectoral indices, closing in the red, lower by up to 1.19%.

Out of the total 50 NIFTY constituents, 29 closed in the negative territory dragged by Tata Motors, Eicher Motors and Tata Steel.

Hero Motocorp and Bajaj Auto emerge as top NIFTY gainers

Shares of carmaker Mahindra and Mahindra gained more than 1% to trade at an intraday high of ₹2793.5 apiece before closing flat at ₹2,782, up by 0.89%.

Among other NIFTY constituents, Cipla, Britannia Industries and ONGC closed higher by up to 0.82% on September 17.

Tata Motors and Eicher Motors emerge as top losers

Shares of Adani Ports and SEZ, BPCL, and Grasim also emerged as losers among the NIFTY index's constituents, declining up to 0.85%.