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( As on 20/10/2025 14:50)

Sensex, Nifty firm; TECk, Oil&Gas stocks support

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading higher on Monday, driven by buying in blue-chips Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and foreign fund inflows.



At 14:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 84279.76 up by 327.57 points or by 0.39 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25817.15 up by 107.3 points or by 0.42 %.



Sensex touched intraday high of 84656.56 and intraday low of 84228.52 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25926.2 and intraday low of 25788.5



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1464.75,+3.37%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2139.00,+2.70%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1227.70,+2.30%), State Bank of India (Rs. 906.50,+1.93%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 764.80,+1.78%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1393.50,-3.01%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3600.20,-1.32%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 338.25,-1.30%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1468.05,-0.74%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12300.00,-0.50%), among others.



TECk index was at 17423.9 up by 219.04 points or by 1.27%. PVR INOX Ltd. (Rs. 1156.60,+5.95%), Indus Towers Ltd. (Rs. 355.10,+3.54%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 2741.90,+1.77%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3014.55,+1.75%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 2046.00,+1.69%),.



Metal index was at 33721.93 down by -71.37 points or by -0.21%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 486.30,-2.75%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1141.65,-1.82%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1743.80,-0.57%), Jindal Stainless Ltd. (Rs. 789.20,-0.34%), Jindal Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1005.00,-0.28%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4587 , shares advanced were 2493 while 1872 shares declined and 222 were unchanged.