Defence sector stocks traded mixed in morning trade on Monday, April 20, 2026, with select counters gaining while most names remained under mild pressure. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.20% to 78,648.44 and the Nifty 50 advanced 0.14% to 24,386.85 as of 10:08 AM IST.
Among the gainers:
Apollo Micro Systems led the sector, rising 4.61% to ₹296.00 on BSE and 4.32% to ₹295.11 on NSE.
Data Patterns advanced 2.09% to ₹3,568.85 on BSE and 2.03% to ₹3,565.00 on NSE.
MTAR Technologies gained 1.37% to ₹4,910.60 on BSE and 0.99% to ₹4,906.10 on NSE.
Nibe Limited rose 0.92% to ₹1,063.25 on BSE.
Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing advanced 0.40% to ₹970.00 on BSE and 0.17% to ₹970.50 on NSE.
Among the decliners:
CFF Fluid Control fell 2.08% to ₹757.40 on BSE.
C2C Advanced Systems declined 2.25% to ₹453.35 on NSE.
Krishna Defence fell 1.63% to ₹1,026.50 on NSE.
Kaynes Technology declined 1.35% to ₹4,157.85 on BSE and 1.46% to ₹4,153.00 on NSE.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers fell 1.05% to ₹2,683.75 on BSE and 1.20% to ₹2,679.40 on NSE.
Bharat Dynamics declined 1.09% to ₹1,365.80 on BSE and 0.99% to ₹1,367.00 on NSE.
Astra Microwave fell 1.02% to ₹1,080.95 on BSE and 1.06% to ₹1,081.85 on NSE.
Avantel declined 1.28% to ₹158.10 on BSE and 1.53% to ₹157.85 on NSE.
DCX Systems fell 1.16% to ₹192.50 on BSE and 1.21% to ₹192.56 on NSE.
Hindustan Aeronautics declined 0.80% to ₹4,352.20 on BSE and 0.80% to ₹4,353.00 on NSE.
Solar Industries fell 0.79% to ₹14,968.15 on BSE and 0.77% to ₹14,973.00 on NSE.
Premier Explosives declined 0.73% to ₹497.85 on BSE and 0.54% to ₹498.60 on NSE.
Ideaforge Technology fell 0.71% to ₹473.95 on BSE and 0.91% to ₹472.50 on NSE.
Bharat Forge declined 0.65% to ₹1,847.80 on BSE and 0.33% to ₹1,854.30 on NSE.
Bharat Electronics fell 0.63% to ₹459.80 on BSE and 0.62% to ₹459.90 on NSE.
Cochin Shipyard declined 0.53% to ₹1,553.10 on BSE and 0.39% to ₹1,555.00 on NSE.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders fell 0.27% to ₹2,611.35 on BSE and 0.14% to ₹2,612.80 on NSE.
Paras Defence and Space Technologies declined 0.41% to ₹807.75 on BSE and 0.41% to ₹805.85 on NSE.
High Energy fell 0.41% to ₹618.40 on BSE.
Swan Defence and Heavy Industries declined 0.36% to ₹1,889.85 on BSE.
Digilogic Systems fell 0.39% to ₹94.90 on BSE.
Prices are as of April 20, 2026 at approximately 10:08 AM IST on BSE and 10:09 AM IST on NSE.
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