BSE Prices delayed by 5 minutes ! Prices as on   Feb 20, 2026   ABB India 5985.35 [ 4.72% ]ACC 1613.25 [ -0.36% ]Ambuja Cements 512.1 [ 0.03% ]Asian Paints 2428.35 [ 1.12% ]Axis Bank 1368.25 [ 0.91% ]Bajaj Auto 9806.9 [ 0.87% ]Bank of Baroda 308.95 [ 1.53% ]Bharti Airtel 1977.7 [ -0.63% ]Bharat Heavy 257.15 [ 1.22% ]Bharat Petroleum 365.85 [ -0.50% ]Britannia Industries 6094.95 [ -0.24% ]Cipla 1341.45 [ 0.93% ]Coal India 423.6 [ 1.78% ]Colgate Palm 2195.3 [ 1.29% ]Dabur India 509.9 [ 1.65% ]DLF 629.2 [ 1.39% ]Dr. Reddy's Lab. 1280.3 [ 0.04% ]GAIL (India) 168.4 [ 1.17% ]Grasim Industries 2834.1 [ -1.08% ]HCL Technologies 1437.05 [ -0.92% ]HDFC Bank 911.9 [ -0.45% ]Hero MotoCorp 5462.5 [ 0.92% ]Hindustan Unilever 2315 [ 1.56% ]Hindalco Industries 935.85 [ 3.35% ]ICICI Bank 1393.55 [ 0.24% ]Indian Hotels Co. 674.3 [ 0.33% ]IndusInd Bank 925.5 [ -0.19% ]Infosys 1352.75 [ -1.23% ]ITC 327 [ 0.38% ]Jindal Steel 1216.9 [ 0.71% ]Kotak Mahindra Bank 421.35 [ 1.15% ]L&T 4380.25 [ 2.37% ]Lupin 2219.7 [ -0.39% ]Mahi. & Mahi 3413 [ -0.53% ]Maruti Suzuki India 14987.55 [ 0.56% ]MTNL 30.17 [ -1.21% ]Nestle India 1293.3 [ 1.16% ]NIIT 73.83 [ -0.82% ]NMDC 80.05 [ 1.07% ]NTPC 373.05 [ 2.73% ]ONGC 278.7 [ 1.53% ]Punj. NationlBak 129.65 [ 2.69% ]Power Grid Corpn. 298.9 [ 1.44% ]Reliance Industries 1420.05 [ 0.66% ]SBI 1216.15 [ 0.76% ]Vedanta 682.35 [ 0.90% ]Shipping Corpn. 254.95 [ -2.47% ]Sun Pharmaceutical 1724.45 [ 0.66% ]Tata Chemicals 715.3 [ 1.45% ]Tata Consumer Produc 1156.55 [ -0.05% ]Tata Motors Passenge 377.9 [ 0.59% ]Tata Steel 208.25 [ 1.36% ]Tata Power Co. 377.95 [ 2.29% ]Tata Consult. Serv. 2686.65 [ 0.23% ]Tech Mahindra 1457.15 [ -1.61% ]UltraTech Cement 12764.4 [ 0.70% ]United Spirits 1378.65 [ -1.22% ]Wipro 209.95 [ -0.62% ]Zee Entertainment 90.76 [ -2.21% ]
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Mid-Session: Indices continue to trade higher; Nifty near 25,650

Indian benchmarks continued to trade higher during the noon trading session, as investors assessed rising oil prices amid escalating Iran-US tensions, amid bargain buying opportunities. Among sectors the Nifty IT index declined 0.74 per cent, followed by the Nifty Media index. Conversely, the Nifty PSU Bank and Metal index rose 1 per cent.



Overseas, European stocks are seen opening on a positive note Friday despite rising U.S.-Iran tensions and lingering uncertainty about the outlook for interest rates.



Meanwhile, Gold headed for a weekly loss as the dollar surged to a near one-month high ahead of key U.S. economic data that could help shape Fed rate cut expectations.



At 12:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 83057.59 up by 559.45 points or by 0.68 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25648.1 up by 193.75 points or by 0.76 %.



The BSE Sensex touched intraday high of 83132.08 and intraday low of 82206.21 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25651.55 and intraday low of 25379.75.



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4375.00,+2.25%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 301.20,+2.22%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 371.20,+2.22%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2324.60,+1.98%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 444.15,+1.97%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1356.85,-0.93%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1470.65,-0.70%), Kwality Wall's (India) Ltd. (Rs. 28.55,-0.66%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 270.80,-0.42%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1984.80,-0.28%), among others.



Among the sectors, CGS index was at 69843.14 up by 1264.79 points or by 1.84%. ABB India Ltd. (Rs. 6188.15,+8.27%), Siemens Ltd. (Rs. 3270.00,+5.14%), Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (Rs. 3041.00,+4.51%), Apar Industries Ltd. (Rs. 10528.15,+4.50%), Hitachi Energy India Ltd. (Rs. 23777.55,+4.12%),.



On the flip side, BSETECk index was at 16371.89 down by -98.65 points or by -0.6%. Persistent Systems Ltd. (Rs. 5097.95,-3.28%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 4874.10,-1.81%), Tejas Networks Ltd. (Rs. 327.00,-1.12%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1355.70,-1.01%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1347.30,-0.97%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4275 , shares advanced were 2108 while 1943 shares declined and 224 were unchanged.