The Indian equity markets continued the upward journey for the second consecutive session on October 10 with Nifty surpassing 25,300, intraday, for the first time since September 19.

On the sectoral front, metal index shed 0.8 percent, while auto, bank, consumer durables, PSU bank, realty, pharma added 0.5-1 percent.

Cipla, SBI, Dr Reddy's Labs, Maruti Suzuki, Adani Ports were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Tata Steel, TCS, JSW Steel, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Life.



After a flat start, the market remained in buying mood throughout the session helping Nifty to reclaim 25,300-mark, led by buying across the sectors barring metals.

At close, the Sensex was up 328.72 points or 0.40 percent at 82,500.82, and the Nifty was up 103.55 points or 0.41 percent at 25,285.35.

Broader indices performed inline with the main indices with BSE Midcap index rising 0.4%, and smallcap index gained 0.6%.

For the week, BSE Sensex and Nifty added 1.5 percent each.

n stock-specific action, M & B Engineering share price added 3.5% on bagging order of Rs 98 crore, Kolte-Patil shares rose 1% on acquiring 7.5-acre land parcel in Bhugaon, Pune, NTPC Green Energy share price rose 1.5% on MoU with the Gujarat Government, Lloyds Engineering Works shares gained 1.5% on MoU with FlyFocus, KP Energy shares surged 10% on signing MoU with Government of Gujarat.

Natco Pharma share surged 3% post Dehi HC rejects appeal against the company, Tata Elxsi shares fell 3% ass Q2 profit declined 32%, TCS shares fell 1% despite Q2 profit increases to Rs 12,075 crore, 5Paisa Capital shares fell 6% as Q2 consolidated profit fell 56%, SpiceJet shares gained 5% as airline adds 3 new aircraft to its operational fleet, Man Industries shares gained 3.4% as SAT put stay on SEBI order.

More than 160 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Yes Bank, PNB, SBI, Polycab, Indian Bank, RBL Bank, Eternal, Nykaa, Usha Martin, Gujarat Mineral, among others.

Among sectors, metal, telecom, IT, FMCG, capital goods, consumer durables slipped between 0.5-1%.

Tata Motors, Infosys, Wipro, Nestle, HUL were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports, Shriram Finance and Bajaj Finance.

In stock-specific action, Avenue Supermarts' shares shed 3% despite better Q2 update, Waaree Renewable shares added 8% on strong Q2 business update, BLS International slipping 11% on MEA curbs, Phoenix Mills' shares rising 1.5% on Q2 collections.

Zen Technologies' shares fell 2% despite winning a defence order, Viviana Power shares added 6.5% on multiple MoUs with Gujarat, Vodafone Idea shares slipped 3.4% after the apex court deferred the AGR hearing after Diwali, and HDFC AMC shares gained 2.5% ahead of board meet on October 15 to consider bonus shares.

More than 150 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including HBL Engineering, L&T Finance, Bajaj Finance, Fortis Healthcare, Nippon Life India, SBI, Yes Bank, Indian Bank, Eternal, RBL Bank, Authum Investment, among others.