📈 Top Gainers & Losers (Nifty 500)
Here’s a quick look at today’s champions and laggards:
🔼 Top Gainers
Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands: +7.53% | ₹146.72
Fortis Healthcare: +7.50% | ₹1,053.90
Emcure Pharmaceuticals: +7.12% | ₹1,435.30
🔽 Top Losers
Aegis Logistics: −5.69% | ₹831.00
Vodafone Idea: −3.97% | ₹8.47
Siemens Energy India: −3.61% | ₹3,236.40
🗞 Stock News Highlights
Ather Energy (+4.70%): Shares advance as Ather Energy celebrates the rollout of its 5,00,000th scooter; Factory 3.0 enhances annual capacity to 1.42 million.
KEC International (+0.35%): Stock edges higher after securing ₹1,102 crore contracts across thermal power, rail safety, T&D, and cables.
Bharti Airtel (+0.34%): Shares gain on multi-year Indian Railways cybersecurity contract, providing 24x7 protection for over 1 billion users.
PVV Infra (+4.88%): Stock gains on ₹799 crore solar power orders for subsidiaries, enhancing operational efficiency through Special Purpose Vehicles.
🏢 Sectoral Performance
IT | Nifty IT (+2.28%): Broad-based gains as every IT constituent rose, with Infosys, TCS, and HCL Tech leading the rally.
Healthcare | Nifty Healthcare (+1.29%): Sector rose on CGHS rate revisions for 2,000 medical procedures; Fortis, Max Healthcare and Sun Pharma were top gainers.
Media | Nifty Media (-0.90%): 1 gainer, 9 losers; weakness in media sector and profit booking dragged PVR, Saregama, and Zee Entertainment lower.
Metal | Nifty Metal (-0.89%): Tata Steel, hit by a ₹2,411 crore demand from authorities, was the biggest loser, dragging the sector lower.
🔍 Market Insights
Technical Level: Nifty opened on a positive note, held 24,880 support, and closed just below 25,100, indicating an upward bias.
Advance-Decline Ratio: Market momentum slowed with 1,386 gainers and 1,729 losers, indicating selective buying amid broad-based weakness.
The Big Picture: India’s services growth eased in September to a PMI of 60.9 from August’s 62.9, still signaling strong expansion.
FII/DII Activity (Oct 03, 2025): DIIs added ₹489 cr in buying, while FIIs offloaded ₹1,583 cr, keeping markets under pressure.
🔮 Watch Out For Tomorrow
IPO Corner: LG Electronics IPO opens for subscription tomorrow, while WeWork India Management IPO closes the same day.
Macro: Australia’s Westpac Consumer Confidence (Oct) and Canada’s Ivey PMI (Sep) are set for release tomorrow.
Index Watch: Nifty goes past 25,000 and closes below 25,100, marking a third consecutive rise. Is the bull rally live again?
👀 Stay tuned. Stay diversified.
Until next time,
Team Pocketful.