Top gainers and losers on Nov 19: SENSEX, NIFTY50 rebound to close higher; M&M rise over 3%

Benchmark indices SENSEX and NIFTY settled higher on Tuesday, November 19, ending their losing streak driven by buying in select banking, IT and auto shares.

Snapping its seven-day slide, NIFTY50 closed higher by 64 points, or 0.28%, at 23,518. As many as 23 NIFTY stocks advanced and 27 closed lower.

The index opened higher and gained 326 points to hit a high of 23,780.65 in the afternoon session. However, profit-taking emerged at a high level, dragging the index down to a low of 23,464.8 before closing.

The 30-share SENSEX snapped its four-day losing streak, closing higher by 239, or 0.31%, at 77,578. The index surged over 1,100 points to hit a high of 78,451 before paring most of the gains.

Among NIFTY sectoral indices, media, realty, auto, and consumer durables shares rallied the most, while metal, oil and gas, and PSU bank shares declined.

Mahindra & Mahindra, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank top gainers

Among other NIFTY constituents, Titan, Sun Pharma, Wipro and Trent, rallied up to 1.5%.

SBI Life, Hindalco, Reliance Industries top losers