Investors added ₹8.04 trillion to their wealth as the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies swelled to ₹482.41 trillion from ₹474.37 trillion on Friday.
Building on a 905-point rise on Thursday, BSE barometer Sensex added another 592 points or 0.79 points in intraday deals to take the two-day rise to 1,497 points.
eClerx Services reported an 18.3 per cent year-on-year increase in operating revenue to ₹1,188.7 crore in Q2 FY27, compared with ₹1,004.9 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
Sensex Today | Stock Market Updates, Monday, Oct 26, 2026: The Nifty Midcap 100 ended 1.19 per cent higher, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 1.38 per cent.
HDFC Silver ETF was down 2.7 per cent, Tata Silver ETF, SBI Silver ETF, Kotak Silver ETF, UTI Silver ETF, Axis Silver ETF, Mirae Asset Silver ETF, and DSP Silver ETF were down over 2 per cent.
VK Vijayakumar said that the strength in the IT stocks follows the results of HCL Tech and the optimism surrounding that will hold the IT index strong.
HCLTech reported a 21.2 per cent rise in net profit at ₹5,132 crore in the second quarter of financial year 2027, up from ₹4,235 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
He expects markets to go through a consolidation phase before a sustained recovery, advising investors to deploy money gradually over the next two to three quarters.
Emcure Pharmaceuticals will merge its wholly owned subsidiaries, Zuventus Healthcare and Emcutix Biopharmaceuticals, with itself under the proposed scheme.
The company said it did not received any specific notice, order or communication from FSSAI or the Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department directing an inquiry into the Company's Paneer products
