The SMID segment, analysts' caution, is now the most crowded trade in the Indian stock markets.

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The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 803 points or 1.04 per cent to make an intraday high of 77,989.44. The 50-share NSE Nifty made a high of 24,288.90, up 216 points or 0.90 per cent.

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Jio Financial share price remains 16.44 per cent lower for the year so far - set for its worst annual performance since listing in 2023, shows data.

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At 01:59 PM on Friday, the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices were down 0.6 per cent each, as against 0.7 per cent rise in the Nifty 50 index.

Nifty Midcap 100, Smallcap 100 indices down nearly 1% in firm market

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The promoter group of Reliance Industries Ltd increased shareholding by nearly 0.5 percentage points during the June quarter through market purchases, reinforcing its long-term commitment to the country's most valuable company.
Regulatory shareholding data showed the promoter and promoter group raised their stake to 50.48 per cent at the end of the June quarter from about 50 per cent three months earlier.
The purchases were made within the limits permitted under the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi's) creeping acquisition regulations, which allow promoters to gradually increase ownership without triggering a mandatory open offer, subject to prescribed thresholds.
Market analysts believe market purchases by the promoter group would have cost Rs 8,500-9,000 crore.
Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani, his wife and three children -- Isha, Akash and Anant -- hold 1.61 crore shares, or 0.12 per cent stake, each in Reliance, according to the latest shareholding filing by the ...

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries (RIL)

The promoter group increased its holding through market purchases under Sebi's creeping acquisition rules, taking its stake above 50%

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However, despite recovery from lows, the Nifty IT index underperformed the market by falling 22 per cent, as against a 7.2 per cent decline in the Nifty 50 thus far in CY2026.

IT stocks extended rally, and have now gained up to 20% from their 52-week lows in July.

Ceat stock plunged to a low of ₹3,471 on the NSE after the company's consolidated net profit dropped by 96.4 per cent to ₹4 crore owing to forex losses.

Ceat share price plunged 9% in Friday's trade post Q1 results.

Brokerages said that TechM's Q1 revenue and margins exceeded estimates, and strong deal TCV provides strong revenue visibility.

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