Indian stocks traded in the green on Friday as the NSE Nifty50 rose above 25,800 and BSE Sensex collected over 700 points. However, indices later pared gains with Sensex trading at 83,712, up 329 points or 0.4%, while Nifty50 gained 25,743 at 12:30 pm, up 78 points or 0.31%.Ajay Bagga, market expert, told ANI that investors are largely adopting a cautious stance at the moment. He said: “There are not very high expectations from the Union Budget. 2026 has been like 2025 so far, with a ‘lottery investment for stock market profits’ mentality prevailing in IPOs while FPI sales in secondary markets remain high. Indian markets will benefit from a boost in sentiment after India’s top bureaucrat at the Commerce Ministry expressed hopes of signing an India-EU trade deal by January 26 and said an India-US trade deal is making good progress. The wait continues Positive news on the trade deal front will boost morale as the EU represents a huge potential market for Indian goods.”Here are the top 10 winners and losers on NSE and BSE as of 12:30 pm.
Nifty50 top gainers
- Infosys – 5.42%
- Tech Mahindra – 4.28%
- Wipro – 3.21%
- Shriram Finance – 2.88%
- Tata Motors PV – 2.21%
- M&M – 1.46%
- Tata Consumer – 1.41%
- Adani Enterprises – 1.24%
- HCL Technology – 1.20%
- SBI – 1.15%
Nifty50 top losers
- Cipla – (-2.47%)
- Sun Pharma – (-1.76%)
- Forever – (-1.72%)
- BEL – (-1.67%)
- Maruti Suzuki – (-1.60%)
- HDFC Life – (-1.52%)
- Hindalco – (-1.48%)
- ITC – (-1.38%)
- Bajaj Auto – (-1.26%)
- Jio Financial Services – (-1.21%)
Sensex Top Gainers
- Infosys – 5.44%
- Tech Mahindra – 4.25%
- M&M – 1.48%
- IndusInd Bank – 1.39%
- HCL Tech – 1.22%
- SBI – 1.15%
- Bajaj Finance – 0.79%
- Electricity grid – 0.67%
- Nestle India – 0.66%
- HDFC Bank – 0.64%
Sensex top losers
- Sun Pharma – (-1.76%)
- Forever – (-1.73%)
- Maruti Suzuki – (-1.66%)
- ITC – (-1.4%)
- Axis Bank – (-0.89%)
- Asian Colors – (-0.55%)
- Bharti Airtel – (-0.48%)
- ICICI Bank – (-0.45%)
- Kotak Bank – (-0.24%)
- Tata Steel – (-0.11%)
Market participants are also awaiting a slew of third-quarter earnings announcements from major companies today, including Reliance Industries, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Polycab India, L&T Finance, Federal Bank, JSW Infrastructure, Poonawalla Fincorp, Central Bank of India, JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals and Tata Technologies.Meanwhile, global markets got off to a mixed start as easing tensions over Iran and strong earnings from TSMC lifted US stocks, with gains concentrated in the AI, semiconductor and financial sectors, led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. (Disclaimer: Recommendations and views on Stock marketother asset classes or personal financial management tips from experts are their own. These opinions do not reflect the views of The Times of India.)
