Market Midday, 25 August 2026: Sensex, Nifty 50 Trade Lower

The Sensex and the Nifty 50 traded lower in afternoon trade. Benchmarks declined following a fall in global equities ahead of earnings from chip behemoth Nvidia Corp on concerns regarding the artificial intelligence (AI) outlook. At 1:06 pm, the BSE Sensex was down 0.20%, while the Nifty 50 was down 0.33%.

Broader markets were also in the negative. At 1:07 pm, the Nifty Midcap 100 was down 0.13%, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 was down 0.34% at the same time.

Top Stocks On Nifty 50 Today

Stocks of the following firms were the top five performers on the Nifty 50 index at around 1:09 pm:

• Adani Enterprises Ltd.

• Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.

• Eternal Ltd.

• Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

• ICICI Bank Ltd.

Stock-Specific Action

Netweb Technologies shares fell almost 4% in early trade even though the company announced the successful completion of its ₹1,200 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP).

Entero Healthcare Solutions gained as much as 6% in early trade after 3P Investment Managers acquired a 2.5% stake in it.

Afcons Infrastructure shares gained almost 4.4% in early trade after the company announced that it had received an arbitral award amounting to ₹335.50 crore.

Companies Listing On Exchanges

Two mainboard initial public offerings (IPOs), Sunshine Pictures and Shankesh Jewellers, got listed today. Notably:

• Sunshine Pictures shares were listed at a premium of nearly 10% on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

• Shankesh Jewellers shares were listed at a premium of over 11% on the NSE.

Outlook For The Remaining Session

Markets are likely to remain volatile in the second half of the session, tracking global cues and investor positioning ahead of Nvidia’s earnings. That said, selective buying in individual stocks could, however, lend some support to the benchmarks.

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