Sensex off highs, up 170 pts; Eternal zooms 15%, PSU banks slip

Stock markets were seen holding gains as Dalal Street turned increasingly stock-specific amid the June quarter (Q1FY26) results. The BSE Sensex index was at 82,371, trading 170 points or 0.21 per cent higher, while the Nifty50 was at 25,121, up 30 points or 0.12 per cent.

Eternal shares stole the show with a 15-per cent surge, followed by Trent, Tata Steel, Bharat Electronics, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and HDFC Bank.

On the downside, Infosys, Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma, and HUL were the top Sensex losers, down up to 1 per cent.

In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap index slipped 0.36 per cent and the Nifty SmallCap index was flat.

Among sectors, the Nifty Financial Services index gained 0.6 per cent, the Nifty Metal 0.3 per cent. On the flipside, the Nifty Pharma index fell 0.98 per cent.

Buzzing stocks

Eternal (Zomato) share price hit the 10-per cent upper circuit after the company said its quick commerce arm, Blinkit, reported a 140-per cent Y-o-Y growth in gross order value (GOV) and 50bps Q-o-Q improvement in adj Ebitda margin. The parent company of Zomato, while saw a 90 per cent plunge in net profit to 25 crore, registered over 70 per cent surge in revenue from operations to ₹7,167 crore in Q1FY26.

Havells India share price, meanwhile, was flat after the company’s consolidated net profit slipped 14.7 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹347.53 crore in Q1FY26. Revenue from operations stood at ₹5,455.35 crore, down from ₹5,806.21 crore reported in Q1FY25.

Separately, Bajaj Finance shares rose 0.6 per cent after the company’s MD Anup Kumar Saha resigned from the post. Meanwhile, Rajeev Jain was re-designated as the vice chairman and managing director of the company.