Based on the OI percentage, 55 stocks were on the short-covering list. These included Balrampur Chini Mills, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Nestle India, and Coromandel International.
Biggest gainers were Bajaj Auto, Grasim Industries, M&M, Hero MotoCorp and Bharti Airtel, while losers included BPCL, Asian Paints, HUL, Jio Financial and Tata Consumer Products.
The Indian stock market witnessed a surge on September 13 as several large and midcap stocks displayed remarkable strength by surpassing their 50-day Simple Moving Averages (SMA).