After opening the day higher, the benchmark indices continued their upward momentum and ended the session in green.

Indian equity market indices Senex and Nifty extended the winning run to the sixth straight trading session, even as they ended off the day's high, led by strong gains in IT stocks.

At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex closed higher by 130 points (up 0.1%).

Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty closed 23 points higher (up 0.1%).

Infosys, HCL Tech, and TCS are among the top gainers today.

Eternal, Bharti Airtel, and ICICI Bank, on the other hand, were among the top losers today.

The GIFT Nifty was trading at  25,960, higher by 37 points at the time of writing.

The BSE MidCap index ended 0.1% lower, and the BSE SmallCap index ended 0.4% lower.

Sectoral indices are trading mixed today, with stocks in the media sector and, IT sector witnessing buying. Meanwhile, stocks in the oil & gas sector and the services sector witnessed selling pressure.

The rupee is trading at Rs 88.7 against the US$.

Gold prices for the latest contract on MCX are trading 1.4% higher at Rs 123,600 per 10 grams.

Meanwhile, silver prices were trading 2% higher at Rs 148,480 per 1 kg.
 

HUL Q2 Results

In the news from FMCG sector, shares of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) gained 3% after the company reported it Q2 FY26 results.

Its operating revenue was Rs 162.4 billion (bn), up 2% from Rs 159.2 bn year-over-year (Y-o-Y).

EBITDA was Rs 37.2 bn, down from Rs 37.9 bn the previous year. The EBITDA margin dropped 90 basis points (bps) to 23.2% from 24.1% a year earlier.

In the meantime, price reductions made in prior quarters offset the company's home care segment's mid-single digit underlying volume growth (UVG), which led to a flat underlying sales growth (USG).

Skin care and health and wellbeing were the main drivers of Beauty and Wellbeing's 5% USG delivery. Throughout the quarter, hair care maintained its market dominance. The change in the GST rate during the quarter had an impact on the flat growth in personal care turnover.

Foods had low single-digit UVG and 3% USG. Coffee and tea consumption increased by double digits.

The company's consolidated net profit for the reviewed quarter was Rs 26.8 bn, up 4% from Rs 25.9 bn in the same period last year.

The board of directors declared an interim dividend of Rs 19 per share for the financial year ending 31 March 2026.

The record date for the purpose of determining the entitlement of the shareholders for the interim dividend has been fixed as Friday, 7 November 2025, and the dividend will be paid to the shareholders on Thursday, 20 November 2025.
 

Garuda Construction Shares in Focus

Moving on to the news from construction sector, shares of Garuda Construction jumped 10% after announcing that it has secured a construction order worth Rs 2.3 bn.

The agreement states that Garuda Construction will oversee constructing a rehabilitation structure in Chandivali, Mumbai, that will be roughly 6.17 lakh square feet in size.

According to a statement from Garuda Construction, the contract is anticipated to be completed in three years, or thirty-six months.

As of right now, the company's entire order book is worth about Rs 34.6 bn.

Garuda Construction said last week that it had obtained an order from Orbit Ventures Developers for Rs 1.4 bn.

Garuda Construction (est. 2010, Mumbai HQ) is a top Indian builder specialising in residential, commercial, industrial, infra, and hospitality projects. The company offers full-service solutions from design to post-build maintenance, with expertise in concrete & steel structures, plus MEP and O&M services.

Jain Resource Recycling Q2 Results

Moving on to the news from metal sector, shares of Jain Resource Recycling came into focus after the company reported its Q2 FY26 results.

Its revenue increased 52% year over year to Rs 21.1 bn in the September quarter of FY26 (Q2FY26) from Rs 13.9 bn in the same quarter of FY25.

EBITDA increased by 82% annually to 160 crores in Q2FY26 from 87.8 crore in Q2FY25 of the previous year. As a result, EBITDA margin increased from 6.3% in Q2FY25 to 7.6% in Q2FY26, a 127-basis point (bps) increase.

After its initial public offering (IPO), Jain Resource Recycling's shares made a spectacular debut on D-Street on 1 October 2025. The shares were listed at Rs 265 each on the NSE, which is Rs 33 more than the issue price of Rs 232 and 14% higher.

Jain Resource Recycling's profit zoomed 88 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 0.9 bn, from Rs 0.5 bn a year ago.

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