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Top gainers and losers on August 19: Tata Motors, Adani Ports, Reliance Industries rise over 2.66%; check full list
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4 min read | Updated on August 19, 2025, 16:18 IST
SUMMARY
Tata Motors was top gainer in the NIFTY50 index, the stock rose 3.62% to close at ₹700.50 after reports suggested that the company is returning to South African passenger car market after a gap of six years.
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Devyani International was top gainer in the NIFTY Smallcap 100 index, the stock rose 7.42% to close at ₹167 on the back of higher than usual trading volumes. Image: Shutterstock
The Indian equity benchmarks rose for second straight session on Tuesday, August 19, led by gains in index heavyweights like Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Eternal, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel and Hindustan Unilever. The SENSEX rose as much as 482 points and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday high of 25,012. The SENSEX ended 371 points higher at 81,644 and NIFTY50 index climbed 104 points to close at 24,981.
NIFTY50 top gainers and losers
Reliance Industries climbed 2.84% to close at ₹1,421 after Jio raised prices of its entry-level plan of 1 GB per day by discontinuing its ₹209 for 22 days and at ₹249 for 28 days plans. Jio subscribers now have no choice but to move up to the next plan of ₹299, which offers 1.5 GB per day for 28 days.
Adani Ports (3.22%), Hero MotoCorp (2.66%) and Bajaj Auto (2.12%) were also among the gainers.
On the other hand, Dr Reddy's Labs was top loser in the NIFTY50 index, the stock rose 1.4% to close at ₹1,245. Cipla (-1.15%), Hindalco (-1.03%), Bajaj Finserv (-0.98%) and Mahindra & Mahindra (-0.77%) were also among the losers.
NIFTY Midcap 100 gainers and losers
NIFTY Midcap 100 index rose 1% or 552 points to close at 57,665. As many as 79 shares in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index ended higher.
Ola Electric was top gainer in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index, the stock advanced 9% after founder Bhavish Aggarwal shared plans for upcoming launches and growth strategy in the following quarters.
Ola Electric Head of Research and Development Rajesh Mekkat said the 4680 Bharat cell comes with over 15 years of battery life, 5x the capacity of the competition and provides 80% charging within 15 minutes.
Paytm (4.70%), Exide Industries (4.70%), Bnadhan Bank (4.09%) and Astral (4.02%) were also among the gainers.
On the flipside, Bharat Dynamics was top loser in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index, the stock fell 3.48% to close at ₹1,549.80. Kalyan Jewellers (-2.33%), Glenmark (-1.66%), Solar Industries (-1.59%) and M&M Financial Services (-1.09%) were also among the laggards.
NIFTY Smallcap 100 gainers and losers
NIFTY Smallcap 100 index rose 0.7% or 124 points to settle at 17,914. As many as 70 shares in the index ended higher.
Devyani International was top gainer in the NIFTY Smallcap 100 index, the stock rose 7.42% to close at ₹167 on the back of higher than usual trading volumes. Trading volume in the shares spiked by 6.2 times to 2.56 crore shares compared with an average trading volume of 41.12 lakh shares.
IIFL (5.35%), Reliance Power (4.99%), ACE (4.25%) and PNB Housing Finance (4.13%) were also among the gainers.
On the contrary, Neuland Laboratories (-3.55%), Garden Reach Shipbuilders (-2.79%), Shyam Metaliks (-1.87%), Data Patterns (-1.79%) and Dr Lal Path Labs (-1.57%) were top losers in the NIFTY Smallcap 100 index.
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