Stock Market Close Highlights: Sensex ends flat at 76,139, Nifty at 23,031; pharma, financials shine

Stock Market Highlight: 27 out of the 50 constituent stocks of Nifty50 ended in the red, dragged down by Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, and Larsen & Toubro

3:53 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Market expert comment

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Markets remained volatile on the weekly expiry day, ending flat amid mixed cues. The session began on a positive note, but profit booking in select heavyweights erased early gains. As a result, the Nifty index closed nearly unchanged at 23,019.90. Sectorally, a mixed trend persisted, with pharma, metal, and realty sectors outperforming, while IT and FMCG lagged. Broader indices also experienced choppy trade, with small-caps slipping nearly half a per cent. 
 

The persistent selling pressure on rebounds suggests that bears remain firmly in control. Additionally, global uncertainties, including the risk of potential tariff wars, are likely to keep traders cautious. Given the current scenario, we recommend a stock-specific trading approach with a strong focus on risk management and wait for clarity.

View by Ajit Mishra – SVP, research, Religare Broking.

3:47 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Market expert view

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Despite initial market optimism driven by easing domestic inflation data, the rally lost momentum amid uncertain global cues and subdued corporate earnings. Furthermore, a surge in Chinese technology stocks, fuelled by heightened interest in artificial intelligence, redirected FIIs in pursuit of more attractive returns. Market participants are now closely monitoring the outcome of the Trump-Modi discussions for any trade and tariff concessions for a potential pullback rally.

View by Vinod Nair, head of research, Geojit Financial Services.

3:46 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Here's a look at Nifty gainers and loser at close

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, Hero MotoCorp were among the top losers on Nifty50. On the other hand, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Sun Pharma were among the top winners. 

3:43 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Here's a look at Sensex gainers and loser at close

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Adani Ports, Infosys, L&T were among the top laggards on BSE Sensex. Conversely, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Sun Pharma were among the top gainers. 

 

3:41 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: A glance at broader market

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Broader market indices closed mixed. BSE Midcap settled flat with a positive bias and BSE Smallcap was lower 0.43 per cent. 

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3:39 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty50 finishes 13.85 points or 0.06 per cent lower at 23,031.40

Stock Market LIVE Updates: National Stock Exchange (NSE) NIfty50 settled 13.85 points or 0.06 per cent lower at 23,031.4. The index made an intrday high at 23,235.50 and day's low at 22,992.2.

 

3:36 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex closes 32.11 points or 0.04 per cent lower at 76,138.97

Stock Market LIVE Updates: BSE Sensex closed 32.11 points or 0.04 per cent lower at 76,138.97 falling for the seventh straight session. During the session, the 30-share gauge recorded a day's high at 76,764.53 and intraday low at 76,013.43.

3:26 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: FDC hits 52-week low, stock slips 9% on weak Q3 results

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of FDC hit a 52-week low of Rs 399.85, as they slipped 9 per cent on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade after the company reported 53.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 37 crore in the December quarter (Q3FY25), due to a weak operational performance.

 

The stock of the pharmaceutical company fell below its previous low of Rs 405.05, hit on June 4, 2024. At 02:13 PM; FDC was quoting 6 per cent lower at Rs 411.85, as compared to 0.02 per cent rise in the BSE Sensex. The stock has corrected 39 per cent from its 52-week high of Rs 659 touched on September 12, 2024. Read more 

3:20 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shilpa Medicare shares gain 8% in trade

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Pharmaceutical company Shilpa Medicare share price soared as much as 7.97 per cent to hit an intraday high of Rs 713.90 per share on Thursday, February 13, 2025. 

 

The spike in Shilpa Medicare’s stock price came after the company announced the approval of its Investigational New Drug (IND) – Nor Ursodeoxycholic Acid Tablets 500 mg, by the Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). Read more 

3:14 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: IPCA Laboratories shares jump 7% after healthy Q3 results

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of IPCA Laboratories jumped 7.37 per cent to today’s high of Rs 1,525.15 per share on the BSE during intra-day deals on Thursday, February 14, 2025. The northward movement in the company’s share price followed the announcement of its financial results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year.

 

IPCA Laboratories' profit for the period attributable to the owners of the company jumped 37.95 per cent in Q3FY25, to Rs 248.14 crore from Rs 179.88 crore reported in Q3FY24, the company said in an exchange filing. Read more 

3:07 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 3 PM update

Stock Market LIVE Updates: BSE Sensex was flat with a negative bias at 76,145.53. NSE Nifty50 was down 17.4 points at 23,027.85. In the broader market, BSE Midcap was up 0.19 per cent, while BSE Smallcap was down 0.19 per cent. 

Adani Enterprises, Infosys, TCS were among the top losers on Sensex. Adain Enterprises, Adai Ports, Here MotoCorp were among the top laggards on Nifty50. 

2:58 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Polycab, Voltas, KEI, Lodha can slide up to 18% as charts flag this warning

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The stock charts of Polycab India, Voltas, KEI Industries, and Macrotech Developers (Lodha) have formed a 'Death Cross' pattern on the daily scale today, Thursday, February 13, 2025.

A 'Death Cross' occurs when the shorter-term moving average, such as the 50-day DMA (Daily Moving Average), falls below the longer-term 200-day DMA. Technically, this pattern suggests a negative outlook for the stock or index, indicating a shift towards a downward trend with resistance levels moving lower.

Given the bearish implication of the 'Death Cross' pattern, charts suggest that these 4 stocks could decline up to 17.7 per cent. per cent from present levels. Here are the key support and resistance levels to track going ahead. READ MORE

2:47 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 3 reasons why Jefferies says investors should 'Buy' ITC Hotels stock

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Going bullish on ITC Hotels, global brokerage firm Jefferies has initiated coverage on the stock with a 'Buy' rating. It has set a target price of ₹240 for ITC Hotels shares, implying an upside of 37.4 per cent from current levels in their base case scenario.

In its bull case, Jefferies has a 12-month target price of ₹280 for ITC Hotels shares. In the bear case, it values the stock at ₹140.
 

"ITC Hotels is the second-largest hotel chain in the Indian hospitality space, fairly diversified across metrics, and is expected to benefit from a cyclical recovery in the hotel sector. Near-term growth drivers include the scaling up of recent greenfield projects and an increase in the share of Asset Light properties. With the demerger from its parent company behind it, the independent performance of ITC Hotels is expected to re-rate the stock," the brokerage stated in its report. READ MORE

 

 

2:39 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Tata Steel likely to tap corporate bond market after near 1-year hiatus

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Tata group company Tata Steel is set to tap the corporate bond market after a gap of nearly one year, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

"The company is already in talks with merchant bankers and investors, and is offering a variety of tenors, and would finalise one or two of those, based on levels that they get," one of the sources said.
 

Tata Steel is likely to raise around Rs 3,000 crore ($345.6 million) through this bond issue and will likely complete the issue before the end of this month. READ MORE

2:35 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Realtors raise record Rs 22k cr via QIP in 2024: Who are biggest gainers?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Companies across sectors raised the highest amount of funds through qualified institutional placements in 2024, with a total of 99 issues raising over ₹1,41,482 crore. This amount marks a 75 per cent increase over the previous all-time high of ₹80,816 crore in 2020, according to a study by real estate consultancy firm Anarock.

 

"Anarock's analysis of the surge in QIP fundraising in 2024 highlights the real estate sector's continued might amid strong institutional confidence in India’s economic fundamentals. Despite market fluctuations, capital markets remain robust, and companies continue to attract strategic investments. Our research shows that the real estate sector remained a dominant contributor in 2024, with eight developers and one REIT collectively raising ₹22,320 crore," noted the report. READ MORE

2:28 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Suven Pharma shares zooms 12% on strong Q3 nos; PAT up 78%, rev 39%

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Suven Pharma shares zoomed 11.6 per cent in trade on BSE, registering an intraday high at Rs 1,167.25 per share. The stock gained after the company posted good Q3 results.

 

Around 12:55 PM, Suven Pharma shares were up 8.23 per cent at Rs 1,131.8 per share on BSE. In comparison, the BSE Sensex was up 0.59 per cent at 76,620.13. The market capitalisation of the company stood at Rs 28,811.66 crore. The 52-week high of the stock was at Rs 1,359 per share and the 52-week low of the stock was at Rs 597 per share. READ MORE

2:21 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Banks' margins to take 10 bps hit in FY26 due to rate cuts: Fitch Ratings

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Net interest margins (NIMs) of Indian banks are expected to decline by 10 basis points on average in 2025-26 due to the Reserve Bank of India's interest rate cuts, according to Fitch Ratings. However, the ratings agency said that the impact will be mitigated by the central bank's efforts to ease liquidity conditions.

 

Last week, the RBI commenced its rate-cutting cycle by reducing its key policy rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent. The central bank also indicated that it would be vigilant and proactive with liquidity measures, considering the banking system has been experiencing a liquidity deficit for the past two months. READ MORE

 

2:17 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Adani Green withdraws from $442 million Sri Lanka wind power project

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Adani Green Energy has withdrawn from two proposed wind power projects in Sri Lanka, following the new government’s decision to renegotiate tariffs. The decision was conveyed in a letter sent by the company to Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment, as reported by Reuters.

 

Adani’s renewable energy division had earmarked a $442 million investment for wind power generation and transmission in Sri Lanka. However, the newly elected administration under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake aimed to reduce electricity costs from Adani’s ongoing energy projects in the country. READ MORE

 

2:15 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shree Cement hits 52-week high; soars 15% in 3 weeks on good Q3 results

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shree Cement shares touched their 52-week high of ₹28,734, rising by 2 per cent on the BSE during Thursday’s intraday trade, driven by a positive outlook. The stock surpassed its previous high of ₹28,650, touched on July 16, 2024.

 

Since January 27, within a span of three weeks, Shree Cement's market price has appreciated by 15 per cent following the company's strong Q3FY25 results. Thus far in the calendar year 2025, Shree Cement has rallied 12 per cent, compared to a 2.4 per cent decline in the BSE Sensex. READ MORE

 

2:10 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Jubilant FoodWorks stock serves 7% gains to investors post healthy Q3

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Jubilant FoodWorks share price served robust returns to investors on Thursday, February 13, 2025. The stock jumped 7.4 per cent on the BSE, hitting an intraday high of Rs 688 per share on the stock exchange. By comparison, the benchmark Sensex index today was ruling around 0.6 per cent higher.

The rise in Jubilant Food share price came as analysts appreciated the quick service restaurant’s (QSR’s) better-than-peers performance in the December quarter (Q3) of the current financial year 2024-25 (FY25). Besides, they remain hopeful of a quick recovery in the company’s business amid its focus on ‘delivery’ segment. READ MORE

 

2:03 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 2 PM market update - Sensex, Nifty give up gains before weekly F&O expiry

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading marginally higher after giving up most of their gains ahead of weekly F&O expiry on Thursday, amid mixed global cues.

At around 2 PM, the BSE Sensex was ahead by 127.89 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 76,298.97, and the Nifty 50 was at 23,091.50, higher by 46.25 points, or 0.2 per cent.

1:53 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty Metal index up 2%; SAIL, Tata Steel, JSPL, JSW Steel gain up to 5%

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of metal companies were in focus today, with the Nifty Metal index outperforming the market with a 2 per cent gain on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Thursday's intraday trade. The rebound in metal stocks follows a correction earlier this week due to Trump's metal tariff hike plan. In comparison, the Nifty 50 index was up 0.70 per cent at 11:35 AM.

 

Stocks of Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Tata Steel, Hindustan Copper, Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), JSW Steel, NMDC, Vedanta, and National Aluminium Company, all from the Nifty Metal index, were up in the range of 2 per cent to 5 per cent. READ MORE

1:46 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: HAL share price rises 4% on healthy Q3 results, profit jumps 14% YoY

Stock Market LIVE Updates: State-owned aerospace defence company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) saw its share price buzzing in trade, as the stock rose by 3.66 per cent to an intraday high of ₹3,727.85 per share on Thursday, February 13, 2025.

The uptick in HAL's share price followed the company's release of healthy Q3FY25 results.
 

HAL's consolidated profit increased by 14.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to ₹1,439.8 crore in Q3FY25, compared to ₹1,261.4 crore in Q3FY24. Revenue also surged by 14.8 per cent YoY, reaching ₹6,957.3 crore in Q3FY25, up from ₹6,061.3 crore a year ago. READ MORE

 

1:38 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Mutual Fund SIP strategy: Continue to invest or hit the pause button?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Indian equity markets continue to experience volatility, creating a challenging investment environment for D-Street investors. This has been particularly troubling for those invested in Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) initiated when market levels were at record highs.

Notably, the benchmark NSE Nifty50 has declined by 12.29 per cent from its all-time high of 26,277, reached in September 2024. The impact has been severe for investors in the mid- and small-cap segments, with the Nifty Midcap100 index down nearly 16 per cent from its peak, and the Nifty Smallcap100 index falling around 18 per cent from its all-time high. READ MORE

 

 

1:32 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Coca-Cola to Apple: Global firms bank on India amid market slowdown

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Top executives from major multinational consumer companies, including Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, Philip Morris International, Yum! Brands, Carlsberg Group, Pernod Ricard, Apple, Beiersdorf, and Skechers, have highlighted India as a significant growth market.

According to a report by The Economic Times, as global demand slows, India has emerged as a strong performer in their recent earnings calls, particularly for the December quarter and the 2024 financial year.
 

Many of these corporations cater to mid- to high-income consumers, focusing on discretionary spending. READ MORE

 

1:26 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Engineers India bags Rs 106-crore consulting deal for Paradip Petrochem project

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Engineers India Limited informed today that it has received a contract worth Rs 106 crore from Indian Oil Corporation, for project management/ managing project management consultance (MPMC) services, under the Paradip Petrochemical Complex project.

The company, in an exchange filing, said, "Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has awarded Phase-I of Project Management/Managing Project Management Consultancy (MPMC) Services for the oversall Project amd Project Management Consultancy (PMC-2) Services for PP, IPA, EDC/VCM Units and Offsites and Utilities (O&U) under the Paradip Petrochemical Complex (PDPC) Project at Paradip, Odisha to Engineers India Limited (EIL). The total estimated contract value is approx. Rs. 106 Crores."

1:21 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Oberoi Realty share price dips 5%, hits seven month low; here's why

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of Oberoi Realty plummeted to a seven-month low of Rs 1,561, dropping 5 per cent on the BSE during Thursday’s intra-day trade. This decline followed the Supreme Court's request for the Maharashtra government to clarify the environmental status of Sahara's 106-acre plot in Versova, Mumbai. The court decided not to examine the bids at this stage and ordered the return of Oberoi Realty's deposits amounting to Rs 1,000 crore.

 

By 10:45 AM, Oberoi Realty was trading 2 per cent lower at Rs 1,605, compared to a 0.64 per cent rise in the BSE Sensex. The stock price of the real estate company has corrected 34 per cent from its record high of Rs 2,349.80 reached on December 27, 20241. It is now trading at its lowest level since May 2024. READ MORE

 

1:09 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Analysts bullish on Lupin after Q3; share pops 6%; Goldman Sachs ups target

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of pharma major Lupin were in demand on Thursday, February 13, 2025, as the stock surged by 5.69 per cent to an intraday high of ₹2,140.20. This rally was driven by the company's strong performance in the third quarter of the financial year 2025 (Q3FY25).

Lupin reported a 39.5 per cent year-on-year increase in profit, rising to ₹855.1 crore from ₹613.1 crore in Q3FY24. Revenue also grew by 11 per cent, reaching ₹5,767.7 crore compared to ₹5,197.4 crore in the same period last year. READ MORE

 

 

1:02 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: New Income Tax Bill to be tabled today: Here's what's changing & what's not

Stock Market LIVE Updates: India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the new Income Tax Bill, 2025, in Parliament on Thursday. The bill aims to simplify tax laws, eliminate outdated provisions, and ease compliance. If approved, it will replace the Income Tax Act of 1961 and come into effect on April 1, 2026.

 

Following its presentation, the bill will be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance for consultation.

Here's a closer look at the changes and what will remain the same under the new Income Tax Bill. READ MORE

 

1:01 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 1 PM market update - Sensex, Nifty trade higher

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading higher on Thursday, amid mixed global cues.

At 1 PM, the BSE Sensex was ahead by 466.50 points, or 0.61 per cent, at 76,637.58, and the Nifty 50 was at 23,188.45, higher by 143.20 points, or 0.62 per cent.