Top Nifty 50 Gainers Today

• Bajaj Finance: up 2.79%
• Shriram Finance: up 2.37%
• Eicher Motors: up 2.14%
• ICICI Bank: up 1.64%

Top Nifty 50 Losers Today

• Infosys: down 5.73%
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS): down 5.52%
• Tech Mahindra: down 5.19%
• Wipro: down 4.42%

Analysis: Reasons Behind the Moves

The Indian equity markets experienced a volatile session on Thursday, February 12, 2026, primarily characterized by a massive sell-off in technology stocks. The Nifty IT index was the biggest laggard, plunging over 5% in what analysts described as a reaction to "Anthropic shock" and weak overnight cues from the U.S. market. The decline in the American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) of major Indian IT firms on Wednesday set a negative tone for the domestic opening.

External macroeconomic factors also played a critical role. A stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report for January—showing the addition of 130,000 jobs against an estimate of 55,000—dampened hopes for near-term interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. This led to a cautious approach among global investors, further exacerbated by rising crude oil prices which added to inflationary concerns in the Indian market.

Despite the broader weakness, certain sectors showed resilience. Buying interest was concentrated in the financial and automotive segments. Bajaj Finance and Shriram Finance led the gainers as investors rotated capital out of the struggling IT sector into performing stocks with strong earnings potential. Additionally, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) provided some support to the market, even as momentum faded across the broader indices.

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