Top gainers and losers, October 31: Eternal, NTPC, Cipla fall over 2.5%, check full list

The Indian equity benchmarks declined for second straight session on Friday, October 31. The SENSEX fell as much as 499 points and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday low of 25,711 dragged down by losses in index heavyweights like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Eternal, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, NTPC and Bharti Airtel.

The SENSEX fell 466 points to close at 83,939 and NIFTY50 index dropped 156 points to close at 25,722.

NIFTY50 top gainers and losers

NTPC was among top losers in the NIFTY50 shares, the stock fell 2.52% to close at ₹336 after it reported about 3% rise in its net profit to ₹5,225.30 crore for the September quarter, helped by lower expenses.

It had clocked a net profit of ₹5,380.25 crore in the year-ago quarter, the company said in an exchange filing.

The company's total income was ₹45,262.10 crore against ₹45,197.77 crore a year ago.

Eternal (-3.45%), Cipla (-2.51%), Max Healthcare (-2.5%) and HDFC Life (-2.09%) were also among the losers.

On the flipside, Bharat Electronics was top gainer in the NIFTY50 index, the stock 4% to close at ₹426 after the country's leading defence equipment maker, on Friday, October 31, reported a net profit of ₹1,286 crore in the second quarter of current financial year, marking an increase of 18% from ₹1,091 crore in the same period last year.

The company's revenue from operations rose 26% to ₹5,764 crore in July-September period from ₹4,583 crore a year earlier.

Bharat Electronics reported stable operational performance in September quarter as its EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) also known as operating profit advanced 22% to ₹1,695 crore but its operating profit margin contracted by 90 basis points to 29.41%.

Eicher Motors (1.81%), Shriram Finance (1.78%), Larsen & Toubro (1.02%) and Tata Consultancy Services (0.81%) were also among the gainers.

NIFTY Midcap 100 gainers and losers

NIFTY Midcap 100 index fell 0.45% or 270 points to close at 59,826. As many as 72 shares in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index closed lower while 28 ended higher.

Motilal Oswal was top loser in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index, the stock fell 4.81% to close at ₹976. Mphasis (-4.62%), Nykaa (-3.23%), 360One Wam (-3.18%) and PB Fintech (-3.18%) were also among the laggards.

On the other hand, Union Bank of India was top gainer in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index, the stock rose 4.24% to close at ₹148.36 after its provisions for bad loans fell sharply in September quarter to ₹526 crore from ₹2,504 crore a year earlier.

Union Bank's asset quality showed an improvement as its gross non-performing assets (NPAs), as a percentage of total advances, came in at 3.29% in second quarter of current financial year from 4.36% in the year-ago period.

Aurobindo Pharma (3.76%), IDFC First Bank (3.51%), YES Bank (2.43%) and BSE (1.53%) were also among the gainers.

NIFTY Smallcap 100 gainers and losers

NIFTY Smallcap 100 index declined 0.48% or 89 points to close at 18,381. As many as 75 shares ended lower while 24 closed higher.

Bandhan Bank was top loser in the NIFTY Smallcap 100 index the stock dropped 8.22% to ₹156.55 after the bank said its post-tax profit decreased to ₹112 crore during the second quarter of the current financial year as compared to ₹937 crore seen in the similar previous period. This shows a whopping 88% decline in profit during the quarter under review.

Operating profit of the bank also decreased to ₹1,310 crore in the current second quarter, as against ₹1,855 crore logged in the similar previous quarter.

Credit Access Graameen (-4.13%), Devyani International (-3.87%), Aegis Logistics (-3.12%) and Sagility (-3.06%) were also among the losers.

On the contrary, Navin Fluorine rose 13% to close at ₹5,630 after the company said its board has declared an interim dividend of ₹6.50 per equity share of the face value of ₹2 each (i.e., 325% of the face value) for the Financial Year 2025-2026.

Inventurus Knowledge Solutions (4.84%), Welspun Corp (4%), Star Health (2.93%) and Neuland Labs (2.44%) were also among the gainers.