Produced by: Prashun Talukdar
Benchmark indices on Thursday continued to plunge for the fourth straight session amid weak global cues and pre-election jitters. The domestic indices were dragged by banks, financials, consumer, automobile and energy stocks. Headline index Nifty tanked 152 points or 0.69% to close at 21,996-level. Top losers on the Nifty50 platform were Apollo Hospitals, Nestle India, Titan, ONGC and Axis Bank while gainers included Airtel, Power Grid, Bajaj Auto, Hindalco and Infosys.
Stocks such as Infosys, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Airtel and Axis Bank were most active on NSE today, in terms of value. Tata Steel, Power Grid, ONGC and NTPC were the other buzzing stocks on the platform, in terms of volume.
Shares of Sterlite Technologies Ltd emerged as the top loser in the NSE 500 index. The stock cracked 8.65% on NSE today to settle at Rs 129.95. At this price, the company commanded a market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs 6,336 crore.
Indraprastha Gas Ltd shares slumped 5.49% to close at Rs 437.3. The company's m-cap came at Rs 30,611 crore.
Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd shares tanked 4.99% to close at Rs 350.05. The company's m-cap stood at Rs 11,359.9 crore. Max Healthcare Institute, Schneider Electric Infrastructure, Mahanagar Gas and Oberoi Realty were some of the other losers on NSE 500.
Shares of Just Dial Ltd rose sharply today. The stock surged 13.27% to close at Rs 1,009.35 on Thursday. At this price, the company's market cap stood at Rs 8,583.3 crore.
Hitachi Energy India Ltd shares jumped 9.61% to end the session at Rs 8,288.55. The company's m-cap came at Rs 35,128.3 crore today. Mastek, 360 One Wam, Quess Corp and Mankind Pharma were among some other gainers on NSE.