Top gainers and losers today on 14 October: Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Life top NIFTY movers

Benchmark indices SENSEX and NIFTY closed in the green Monday, October 14, on the back of a rally in IT and banking shares.

NIFTY50 regained the 25,000 level and closed at 25,127, up by 163 points, or 0.66%. After a gap-up opening, the key index moved between a high of 25,159 and a low of 25,017 in intraday trade. As many as 33 NIFTY shares closed higher while 17 ended in the red.

On the NSE, around 94 stocks hit the 52-week high levels while 20 traded at 52-week low levels.

Benchmark SENSEX rose by 591 points, or 0.73%, to settle at 81,973. SENSEX moved between a high of 82,072 and a low of 81,541 during the day.

According to experts, buying in IT and banking shares supported the uptrend on expectations of good quarterly results.

In the broader market, NIFTY Midcap Indices closed higher by up to 0.6% and NIFTY Smallcap by 0.4%. Among sectoral indices, NIFTY Bank, NIFTY IT and NIFTY Realty were lead gainers. NIFTY Media and Metal indices closed lower.

Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Life lead gainers

Among other NIFTY gainers, ITC, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Bank and Infosys also gained up to 1.75% at close.

ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel lead losers

Ultratech Cement, Hindlaco, Bajaj Finserv and Nestle were also among the major NIFTY losers.