Domestic benchmarks ended lower for the sixth consecutive session on Thursday with NSE Nifty ending below 18,860 level. Top losers on the Nifty50 platform were M&M, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, UPL and Nestle India while gainers included Axis Bank, Adani Ports, HCL Tech and PowerGrid.
Stocks such as HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were most active on NSE, in terms of value. Tata Steel, SBI and ITC were the other buzzing stocks on the platform, in terms of volume.
Shares of Welspun India emerged as the top laggard in the NSE 500 index today. The stock dived 7.31% on NSE today to settle at Rs 131.8.
Aster DM Healthcare shares declined 6.26% to close at Rs 334.55. At this price, the company commanded a market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs 16,711.2 crore.
Shares of Delta Corp slipped 5.45% to finish at Rs 127.45 today. The company's m-cap came at Rs 3,412.7 crore.
Shares of MMTC fell 4.97% to settle at Rs 54.55. The company's market valuation stood at Rs 8,182.5 crore.
Shares of Prism Johnson rose sharply today. The stock settled with 12.02% gains at Rs 135.6. The company's m-cap came at Rs 6,825.5 crore.
Jindal Saw shares surged 8.59% on Thursday to close at Rs 387.6. M-cap of the company stood at Rs 12,393.7 crore.
Shares of Sonata Software were also among top gainers in the NSE 500 pack today. Sonata soared 8.23% to settle at Rs 1,135.25. And, JSW Energy's stock jumped 6.74% today to close at Rs 390.9.
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