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Sensex spurts 819 pts; financial services shares advance
17-Jul-26 12:31Hrs IST

The key equity barometers traded with major gains in early afternoon trade. The Nifty traded above the 24,250 mark. Financial Services shared advanced after declining for previous session.

At 12:28 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 818.98 points or 1.06% to 78,005.85. The Nifty 50 index added 205.90 points or 0.86% to 24,278.65.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index declined 0.56% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index fell 1.23%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE 1,464 shares rose and 2,488 shares fell. A total of 206 shares were unchanged.

Derivatives :

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 3% to 13.27. The Nifty 28 July 2026 futures were trading at 24,247 at a discount of 31.65 points as compared with the spot at 24,278.65.

The Nifty option chain for the 28 July 2026 expiry showed a maximum call OI of 71.8 lakh contracts at the 25,000 strike price. Maximum put OI of 67.6 lakh contracts was seen at a 24,000 strike price.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty Financial Services index added 1.07% to 26,840.25. The index fell 0.51% in the previous trading session.

Jio Financial Services (up 3.64%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 2.57%), ICICI Bank (up 1.43%), Axis Bank (up 1.42%), Bajaj Finance (up 1.32%), HDFC Bank (up 1.24%), SBI Cards & Payment Services (up 1.04%), REC (up 1.02%), Bajaj Finserv (up 0.95%) and Power Finance Corporation (up 0.93%) added.

On the other hand, BSE (down 2.6%), Max Financial Services (down 1.81%) and Muthoot Finance (down 1.34%) moved lower.

Stocks in Spotlight:

Indobell Insulations surged 19.50% after the company announced that it had secured four domestic orders worth a combined Rs 14.75 crore from Sundaram Brake Linings for the supply of nodulated wool and ceramic fibre nodules.

Nelco fell 2.71%. The company's consolidated net profit jumped 29.99% to Rs 2.34 crore in Q1 FY27, compared with Rs 1.8 crore in the year-ago period. Total income jumped 6.38% YoY to Rs 80.17 crore in Q1 FY27, from Rs 75.36 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

Time Technoplast rose 1.38% after the company secured an order worth approximately Rs 38.14 crore from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) for the supply of 1.40 lakh 10-kg Type IV Composite LPG Cylinders.

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