Stock Market today, Aug. 19 -- The defence stocks as HAL, BEL to Bharat Dynamics dipped during the intraday trades on Tuesday after Trump-Zelensky meeting

The defense stocks have remained in focus and continued to gain in the past few months. While the operation Sindoor and the India-Pakistan conflict led to a sharp rise in the inflow of orders for domestic defense manufacturers such as Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd, and Bharat Dynamics Ltd, among others, the hopes also remained high for export orders rising amidst geopolitical conflicts.

However, the share price cooled down slightly on Tuesday following the Trump-Zelensky meeting.

The HAL share price and BEL share price dipped more than 1% during the intraday trade...