New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Shares of small-cap multibagger stock Integrated Industries surged nearly 18 percent in intra-day trading on Monday, August 18, following broad-based gains in Indian markets. Investor optimism was fueled by easing global headwinds, hopes of a resolution in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, potential reconsideration of secondary tariffs on India by US President Donald Trump, and S&P's upgrade of India's credit rating. These factors lifted risk appetite and propelled the benchmark indices higher.

The Sensex opened at 81,315.79 against its previous close of 80,597.66 and climbed over 1,100 points, or 1.4 percent, reaching an intraday high of 81,765.77. The Nifty 50 started at 24,938.20, up from 24,631.30, and touched an int...