Top gainers and losers, March 12: M&M, Eicher Motors drop 4%, Coal India surges 5%; check full list

Investor sentiment also soured as the rupee hit a fresh record low and crude crossed the $100 per barrel mark, amid rising hostilities in the Middle East. The domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) shortage also weighed on sentiments.

On Wednesday, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth ₹6,267.31 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought equities worth ₹4,965.53 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

The SENSEX tanked by as many as 992.53 points to an intraday low of 75,871.18. Meanwhile, the NIFTY50 touched the session’s low of 23,556.30.

The SENSEX dropped by 829.29 points or 1.08% to end at 76,034.42. Similarly, NIFTY closed lower by 227.70 points or 0.95% at 23,639.15.

NIFTY50 top gainers and losers

The 50-share NIFTY index was dragged down by selling in the shares of Mahindra & Mahindra, which closed 4.39% lower. It was followed by Eicher Motors (-3.92%), Maruti Suzuki (-3.72%), Bajaj Finance (-3.44%) and Tata Motors PV (-3.30%), which were among the top losers of the day.

On the other hand, the gainers pack was led by Coal India (5.20%), rallying nearly 6% to a fresh 52-week high of ₹474 apiece, after the Indian government assured the people that the authorities are prepared to meet any surge in the demand for the commodity amid the raging US-Iran tensions, which has spiked the global market prices for energy.

NTPC (2.91%), Power Grid Corporation of India (1.74%), Tech Mahindra (1.49%) and Jio Financial Services (1.38%) were among the other top gainers.

NIFTY Midcap 100 top gainers and losers

NSE’s midcap gauge, the NIFTY Midcap 100, fell by 207.35 points, or 0.37%, to close at 56,253.75 on Thursday.

The index was weighed down by IndusInd Bank, which closed 5.38% lower.

It was followed by Colgate Palmolive (-4.12%), Astral (-3.80%), Ashok Leyland (3.61%) and Hero MotoCorp (3.31%), which were among the top laggards.

On the flipside, the top winners included NTPC Green Energy (11.84%), Adani Total Gas (7.51%), SRF (5.08%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (4.71%) and Torrent Power (4.49%).

NIFTY Smallcap 100 top gainers and losers

The NIFTY Smallcap 100 settled at 16,305.25, down by 109.60 points or 0.67% on March 12.

It was pulled down by selling in Piramal Pharma (-6.38%), Tejas Networks (-5.84%), Cholamandalam Financial Holdings (-5.31%), Amber Enterprises India (-5.17%) and Whirlpool of India (-3.47%), which were among the top losers.

On the contrary, Devyani International (6.11%), The Great Eastern Shipping Company (4.25%), Swarp Corp (3.98%), Reliance Power (3.85%) and Aarti Industries (3.66%) were among the top gainers.

Shares of Aarti Industries jumped over 6% after the company announced a multi-million and multi-year contract with a top global agrochemical innovator for the supply of a critical agrochemical intermediate used in crop protection formulations.