Top gainers and losers on August 6: Wipro, Sun Pharma, Jio Financial Services fall over 2.06%; check full list

The Indian equity benchmarks fell for second straight session on Wednesday, August 6, as uncertainty over tariffs on Indian goods by US and pause in rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India dented sentiment towards equities.

The SENSEX fell as much as 261 points and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday low of 24,641 dragged down by losses in index heavyweights like Infosys, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Tata Consultancy Services, Eternal, HCL Tech and Larsen & Toubro.

The SENSEX ended 166 points lower at 80,544 and NIFTY50 index dropped 0.31% or 75 points to close at 24,574.

NIFTY50 top gainers and losers

Wipro was top loser in the NIFTY50 index, the stock fell 2.5% to close at ₹239.75 mirroring losses in other IT shares. Sun Pharma dropped 2.37% over uncertainty on tariffs on pharma products after US President has threatened that he will impose tariff up to 250% on imported drugs.

Jio Financial Services (-2.06%), Tech Mahindra (-2.05%) and IndusInd Bank (-1.97%) were also among the losers.

On the flipside, Asian Paints was top gainer in the NIFTY50 index, the stock rose 1.94% to close at ₹2,484. HDFC Life (1.88%), Mahindra & Mahindra (0.87%), Bharat Electronics (0.69%) and Coal India (0.67%) were also among the losers.

NIFTY Midcap 100 gainers and losers

NIFTY Midcap 100 index declined 0.8% or 457 points to close at 56,750. As many as 78 shares in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index ended lower.

Concor was to loser in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index, the stock fell 4.46% to close at ₹553 after its net profit declined 11% sequentially to ₹267 crore in June quarter.

Coforge (-4.20%), BHEL (-3.63%), HUDCO (-3.24%) and Biocon (-3.18%) were also among the losers.

On the other hand, Waaree Energies (5.04%), Union Bank of India (2.40%), TI India (2.38%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (1.50%) and ACC (1.35%) were among the gainers in the NIFTY Midcap 100 index.

NIFTY Smallcap 100 gainers and losers

NIFTY Smallcap 100 index ended 1.13% or 202 points lower at 17,663. As many as 80 shares in the index ended lower.

Redington India was top loser in the NIFTY Smallcap 100 index, the stock fell 5.38% to close at ₹239. Welspun Living (-5.12%), PG Electroplast (-4.96%), Kaynes Technology (-4.73%) and Castrol India (-3.84%) were also among the losers.

On the contrary, Godfrey Philips surged 10% on top of yesterday's 9% gain after it reported better than expected June quarter earnings. Reliance Power (5%), IIFL (3.46%), ITI (3.18%) and NCC (1.78%) were also among the gainers.