Top gainers and losers, May 15: Hindalco falls 3%, Eternal, Nestle down 2%, Tata Motors PV up 5%; check list

Furthermore, investor sentiment was also impacted by international crude oil prices spiking above the $109 per barrel mark.

On Thursday, the FIIs bought shares worth ₹187.46 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased equities worth ₹684.33 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.

Before falling into the red zone, the SENSEX had soared as much as 0.6% to an intraday high of 75,870.36. Meanwhile, the NIFTY50 touched the session’s peak of 23,839.30.

On May 15, the NIFTY 50 declined by 46.10 points or 0.19% to close at 23,643.50, while the SENSEX fell 160.73 points or 0.31% to end at 75,237.99.

NIFTY50 top gainers and losers

Hindalco Industries dragged the NIFTY50 index, closing 3.47% lower.

It was followed by Eternal (-1.96%), Nestle India (-1.88%), Tata Steel (-1.87%) and Reliance Industries (-1.67%), which were among the top losers on Friday.

On the other hand, the top gainers include Tata Motors PV (5.14%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (3.04%), Infosys (1.94%), Coal India (1.84%) and Tech Mahindra (1.79%).

Shares of Tata Motors PV gained, as its performance for Q4 FY26 significantly improved quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) on account of normalised JLR production and record domestic volumes, leading to a healthy Q4 free cash flow (FCF) of ₹11,400 crore. It earned a consolidated net profit of ₹5,783 crore in Q4 FY26, as against the loss of ₹3,486 crore in the previous quarter.

NIFTY Midcap 100 top gainers and losers

NSE’s NIFTY Midcap 100 gauge fell by 0.45% or 272.55 points to close at 60,567.15 on May 15.

The index was weighed down by selling in the shares of Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), which lost 7.81%.

Voltas (-4.59%), Bharat Heavy Electrical (BHEL) (-3.72%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (3.41%) and National Aluminium Company (-3.34%) were among the other top laggards.

The stock of Voltas declined, as the firm posted a 51.8% YoY fall in its consolidated net profit (attributable to the owners of the company) to ₹116.18 crore. In the same period last year, it logged a profit of ₹241.02 crore.

On the flip side, the top winners were Biocon (3.99%), Tata Elxsi (2.52%), Page Industries (2.06%), Aditya Birla Capital (2.03%) and Patanjali Foods (1.99%).

NIFTY Smallcap 100 top gainers and losers

The NIFTY Smallcap 100 index declined by 0.61% or 108.95 points to close at 17,882.60.

Its top losers included Hindustan Copper, which ended 5.45% lower. Cohance Lifesciences (-4.55%), Inventurus Knowledge Solutions (-4.36%), Welspun Corp (-4.24%) and Sarda Energy & Minerals (-3.55%) were among the other top losers.

Shares of Welspun Corp fell, as it reported a 21% decline in consolidated net profit at ₹104 crore for the March FY26 quarter, as compared to ₹132 crore in the same period last year.

On the contrary, the top gainers were Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals (6.51%), Triveni Turbine (4.57%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (4.45%), Great Eastern Shipping Company (4.43%) and Karur Vysya Bank (3.45%).

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) stock hit its 52-week high on May 15, after its consolidated net profit nearly tripled YoY to ₹1,044 crore in the latest March quarter.