Closing Bell 18th September: Nifty 50 up by 0.33% and Sensex down by 0.03%
Closing Bell September 18: Nifty rises 0.33% while Sensex slips 0.03% as IT and Tata stocks fall. Check market movers, IPOs and key updates.
Team Dhan
|Sep 18, 2026, 04:07 PM
On Friday, Dalal Street ended the week with mixed sentiment, with the Nifty 50 opening at 23,334.70, reaching a high of 23,389.15, and closing at 23,346.40, up by 0.33%. Similarly, the BSE Sensex opened at 74,575.24, reached a high of 74,728.44, and ended at 74,294.96, down by 0.03%.
The Indian markets traded mixed. Moody's raised India's GDP growth forecast to 7% for FY 2027, driven by strong private consumption and robust investments; however, there was a decline in the rupee.
Reasons for the mixed sentiment
The following are the reasons for the mixed sentiment in the stock market:
- Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, traded 0.93% lower at USD 103.8 per barrel
- Positive cues from broader Asian markets.
- India VIX, the volatility indicator for Indian markets, traded lower at 11.39, down by 7.32%.
- Sharp selloff in IT and Tata Group stocks.
Major Indices Today
- The benchmark indices, Nifty 50, traded higher amid gains in HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Bajaj Finance, and Eternal shares, while SENSEX traded lower amid losses in TCS, Infosys, and Reliance Industries.
- Nifty Next 50 traded in the green, led by gains in CG Power & Industrial Solutions, TVS Motors, Hindustan Aeronautics, and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company.
- Nifty Bank traded in the green amid renewed buying interest after easing of crude oil prices.
Sectoral Indices Today
- Nifty IT traded lower amid profit booking after the recent rally.
- Nifty Auto traded lower, dragged by losses in Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles shares.
- Nifty FMCG traded lower amid losses in Emami shares, dragged by selling pressure after the recent rally.
- Nifty Pharma traded in the green, led by gains in Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories shares after the company is set to promote and distribute India’s first approved dengue vaccine, QDENGA, under a new agreement with Japanese drugmaker Takeda.
- Nifty Oil & Gas traded higher amid easing crude oil prices and was led by gains in Adani Total Gas after Jefferies maintained a bullish stance across the Adani group's infrastructure and energy businesses.
Market Movers Today
- Insurance companies like HDFC Life rose by 5%, SBI Life Insurance Company by 4%, Max Financial Services by 4.5%, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company by 3.2 percent, and The New India Assurance Company by 7% after CNBC TV-18 reported that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is expected to issue a consultation paper soon on insurance commissions and distribution, which is likely to provide direction on the issue
- Electronics Mart shares rose by 8%, Redington by 3%, and Eternal by 2.3% as the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max went on sale across India. Electronics Mart is an authorised reseller of Apple products in India, while Redington is an authorised supply chain and logistics distributor for Apple products, and Eternal sells iPhone models online through Blinkit.
- Tata Group stocks like Tata Chemicals dropped by 7.6%, Tata Investment Corporation by 3.1%, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles by 2%, and Tata Power by 1.6%, after Tata Trusts did not agree to take Tata Sons public, reiterating its long-standing position that the Tata group's more-than-century-old structure should be preserved.
- Nestle India shares dropped by 3% after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) initiated legal action against the company over multiple non-compliances under the Food Safety and Standards Act in connection with Infant Nutrition, NAN Excella and Lactogen products.
- GPT Infraprojects shares rose by 8.59% after the company secured a major railway infrastructure order from Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) involving the construction of Important Bridge 544, a 32×65.84-metre open-web steel girder bridge over the Mahanadi River.
Top Gainers
Top Losers
52W High Stocks
52W Low Stocks
High Volume Stocks Today
IPO
- NSE IPO is open and will close on 21st September. The IPO price band is from ₹1700 to ₹1785 per equity share.
- Sonaselection IPO is open and will close on 21st September. The IPO price band is from ₹94 to ₹99 per equity share.
- Jindal Supreme IPO closed today. The IPO price band was from ₹88 to ₹93 per equity share.
- Hero Motors IPO closed today. The IPO price band was from ₹79 to ₹84 per equity share.
- SS Retail IPO closed today. The IPO price band was from ₹403 to ₹424 per equity share.
Listed today
- Veegaland Developers shares listed today at ₹154, witnessing a 10% premium on the NSE, and on the BSE, at a premium of 7.86% at ₹151 apiece. The price band set for the IPO was from ₹130 to ₹140 per share.
Market Announcements
- BEML shares rose by 3% after the company secured an order from National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor.
- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders shares rose by 2% after the company's Director (Finance) Ruchir Agrawal said that the company is looking for an investment of up to ₹15,000 crore in a shipyard in Maharashtra and is targeting 15-17% returns from the proposed investment and expects a binding agreement soon.
