Closing bell: Sensex, Nifty break 3-day losing streak; Infosys, Bajaj Finance, HCL Tech top gainers

The Indian benchmark indices reversed the on-going losing trend for the past three sessions as both Sensex and Nifty closed in the green today. Sensex closed at 8,3535.35, rising by 320 points or 0.38%, while the Nifty50 rose by 82.05 points, or 0.32% to 25,574.24.

Today’s key cues were on the back of the US government shutdown resolution, with FIIs also emerging as net buyers worth Rs 4581 crore on November 7, while a strong Q2 performance across sectors fuelling the rally.

Leading today’s trade was Infosys, which rose by 2.59%, followed by Bajaj Finance (1.88%), and HCL Technologies (1.82%).

On the other hand, shares of Trent saw the steepest fall of 7.42%, as investors showcased caution due to its grocery arm, Star putting out a flat performance for Q2FY2026. Max Health and Tata Consumer Products also saw a decline of 3.13% and 2.23% respectively.

In terms of market breadth, 32 companies advanced, and 18 declined in the Nifty50 index, while 18 companies gained, and 12 declined out of the 30-constituent BSE Sensex.

Amongst sectoral indices, Nifty IT was the outperformer in today’s session, rising 1.62%. In contrast, Nifty Media was the top laggard, declining by 1.04%. Nifty Pharma and Nifty Metal were other good performers, advancing 0.95% and 0.55% respectively.

Broader markets too reflected similar positive sentiment, with all except Nifty Microcap 250 closed in the green. Nifty Midcap 100 rose by 0.47%, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 rose by 0.35%.

Amongst individual sectors, sugar companies such as Balrampur Chini Mills, Triveni Engineering and Industries, Dalmia Bharat Sugar, Dhampur Sugar, and Shree Renuka Sugars, saw a surge between 3% and 6%. This was due to the government’s announcement regarding the increase in export quota for sugar and molasses for the ongoing sugar season.

On the NSE, out of the 3,233 stocks traded, 1,502 advanced, 1,637 declined and 94 remained unchanged. On the BSE, out of the 4,513 stocks traded, 1,962 advanced, 2,372 declined and 179 remained unchanged.