The Indian stock market wrapped up the first session of December on a muted note, despite a strong start that briefly pushed the indices to fresh all-time highs. The Sensex closed at 85,641.90, down 0.08%, while the Nifty settled at 26,175.75, down 0.10% gain. The Nifty Bank ended the day at 59,681.35, down 0.12%.
Let’s take a look at the key highlight of today’s trading session –
Top gainers
A set of frontline stocks managed to stay in positive territory through most of the day. The top performers in today’s session included Tata Motors Passenger Vehicle, Maruti, Bharat Electronics, Adani Ports, and Kotak Bank.
Key laggards
While the broader market started firm, not all stocks could hold ground. The key laggards in today’s session included Bajaj Finance, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finserv, Trent, SBI among other stocks.
Midday movers
In the intraday trading, Wockhardt saw a sharp jump of over 18% after revealing that the US FDA has accepted its New Drug Application for the antibiotic Zaynich. Lenskart also saw strong interest, climbing more than 7% at one point after reporting a nearly 20% rise in profit and revenue for Q2 FY26.
Tejas Networks added to the action as its shares gained almost 6% after the company confirmed receiving Rs 84.95 crore under the telecom PLI scheme, boosting sentiment around its growth outlook.
Market hits record high in early trade
Before settling into a flat close, the indices set new milestones in early deals. The Sensex touched a fresh high of 86,159.02, shortly after the opening. The Nifty also scaled a new lifetime peak of 26,325.80, extending last week’s positive trend.
The Nifty Bank created history as well, opening above the 60,000 level for the first time ever and briefly hitting 60,114.05 before cooling off later in the session.
