Indian equity benchmarks saw early gains on Monday, with the BSE Sensex rising 107 points (0.15%) to 72,133, and the NSE Nifty up 34 points (0.16%) at 21,744. Key sectors like consumer durables, energy, and automobiles drove the positive momentum. In the broader market, Nifty Midcap 100 edged 0.03% higher, while small-caps gained 0.18%. Global markets remained subdued before crucial US inflation data.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net-bought shares worth Rs 1,696.86 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) offloaded Rs 3,497.62 crore during the last session. Of the 15 sector gauges on the NSE, nine traded in the green. Nifty Consumer Durables, Nifty Oil & Gas, and Nifty Auto outperformed, rising up to 0.64%. However, Nifty FMCG, Nifty PSU Bank, and Nifty IT slipped.
Titan led Nifty gainers, rising 1.49% to Rs 3,767.9. Other top gainers included Eicher Motors, BPCL, Tata Motors, and ONGC. On the flip side, Infosys, Tata Consumer Products, TCS, Divi's Labs, and Bajaj Finance were among the top losers. The overall market breadth was positive, with 1,792 advancing shares and 1,389 declining on BSE.
In the BSE 500 index, Alok Industries, Garware Technical Fibres, Trident, Century Textiles, JBM Auto, and Hindustan Petroleum surged up to 9.99%. Conversely, Godrej Consumer Products, SPARC, Marico, Aarti Industries, Hindustan Copper, Bank of Baroda, and MMTC declined by up to 5.42%. Index heavyweights like Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Tata Steel, and L&T were among the top gainers on the BSE 30-share index.
