Sensex, Nifty Struggle For Direction In Early Trade

(RTTNews) - Indian shares struggled for direction on Monday ahead of a big week for earnings, with around 200 prominent companies scheduled to report their quarterly earnings results.

The benchmark BSE Sensex was virtually unchanged at 83,937 in early trade while the broader NSE Nifty index was up 24 points at 25,746.

Dredging Corporation of India shares soared 18 percent after Prime Minister Modi unveiled a Rs. 4,000 crore modernization program for the company.

Bharat Petroleum Corp gained 1 percent on posting a 5 percent sequential increase in net profit for Q2 FY26.

Vedanta rallied 2.3 percent after the company posted its highest-ever second-quarter revenue and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization in the September quarter of financial year 2026.

Titan Company fell 1.2 percent and Tata Consumer Products were little changed ahead of their earnings results due today.

Urban Company shares were down 2 percent after the company widened its loss in Q2 of FY26.

Tata Chemicals lost 3 percent after reporting a 60 percent year-on-year drop from in quarterly profit.

Maruti Suzuki India declined 2.7 percent despite reporting a 7 percent year-on-year rise in its quarterly net profit.