Stock Market Live Updates: Nifty Above 26,100, Sensex Up Over 400 Points; Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank Lead Gains

The shares of Bondada Engineering Ltd. rose nearly 6% after it won Rs 945 crore order from NLC India Renewables.

The scrip rose as much as 5.76% to Rs 378 apiece on Monday, the highest level since Dec. 15. It pared losses to trade 5.2% higher at Rs 376 apiece, as of 12:14 p.m. This compares to a 0.55% advance in the BSE Sensex Index.

It has fallen 40.34% in the last 12 months.

• Indian equities were trading higher snapping its three-day losing streak.

• Intraday, both Nifty and Sensex rose nearly 0.70% on Monday.

• Nifty rose 0.70% at 26,148.15 but pared gains to trade 0.67% higher at 26,141.35 as of 12 p.m.

• Sensex rose 0.63% to 85,461.19 before it pared gains to trade 0.55% higher at 85,397.17.

• Broader indices were trading higher. Nifty Midcap 150 rose 0.79%; Nifty Smallcap 250 was trading 0.94% higher.

• All sectoral indices rose, led by Nifty Defence and Nifty IT.

• Nifty Bank rose 0.33%, Nifty IT was up nearly 2%.

• Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Shriram Finance, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank were top Nifty gainers.

• State Bank of India, Tata Consumers, SBI Life and HDFC Life were top Nifty losers.

Lower crude prices result in gains for Indian oil marketing companies. But that has not been the case recently.

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SBI Gold ETF rose 1.26% to 114.53 as gold hit record high on Monday.

After a stellar multibagger run in 2024, India’s pump manufacturing sector hit a rough patch in 2025, with leading stocks posting sharp year-to-date declines amid margin pressures and tender price resets.

Shakti Pumps has fallen 35.8%, Roto Pumps dipped 28%, while newly listed Oswal Pumps is also down 14.7% since its June debut.

Here is why the stocks crashed: