Auto shares witnessed buying demand for second consecutive trading session.
At 10:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 232.47 points or 0.28% to 82,497.42. The Nifty 50 index rose 49.20 points or 0.19% to 25,369.85.
The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 Mid-Cap index fell 0.25% and the BSE 250 Small-Cap index declined 0.04%.
The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 1,566 shares rose and 1,442 shares fell. A total of 164 shares were unchanged.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 3.31% to 14.09.
Buzzing Index:
The Nifty Auto index rose 0.90% to 26,991. The index jumped 1.64% in the past two consecutive trading sessions.
Hero MotoCorp (up 2.66%), Tube Investments of India (up 1.37%), Bajaj Auto (up 1.27%), Bharat Forge (up 1.26%) and Mahindra & Mahindra (up 1.21%), Maruti Suzuki India (up 0.96%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings (up 0.78%), Exide Industries (up 0.61%), Eicher Motors (up 0.6%) and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles (up 0.39%) surged.
Stocks in Spotlight:
The New India Assurance Company rose 2.35% after reporting a consolidated net profit rise of 8.9% YoY to Rs 379.95 crore in Q3 FY26, compared with Rs 349.05 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Total income increased 14.2% YoY to Rs 12,234.97 crore in the quarter ended 31 December 2025.
Escorts Kubota advanced 2.18% after the company’s Agri Machinery Business in January 2026 sold 9,799 tractors registering a growth of 46.9% as against 6,669 tractors sold in January 2025.
Ashoka Buildcon added 2.79% after its consolidated net profit zoomed 222.59% to Rs to Rs 2,111.41 crore in Q3 FY26 as against Rs 654.50 crore posted in Q3 FY25. However, revenue from operations fell 23.47% YoY to Rs 1,827.33 crore in the quarter ended 31 December 2025.
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