Top 5 stocks of the day: Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, M&M, TCS and HDFC Life were among the major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were BPCL, Titan Company, Bharti Airtel, SBI Life Insurance and Larsen & Toubro. All the sectoral indices ended in the red with power, realty, information technology, PSU Bank, metal and auto fell 1-2 percent. The BSE midcap index fell 0.5 percent and smallcap index fell 0.8 percent.
Top 5 stocks of the day: Sensex and Nifty
Indian benchmark indices ended lower for the fourth consecutive session on March 14 with Nifty around 17,050. At close, the Sensex was down 337.66 points or 0.58% at 57,900.19, and the Nifty was down 111.00 points or 0.65% at 17,043.30. About 1173 shares advanced, 2257 shares declined, and 109 shares unchanged.
Top Stock Gainers
Company
CMP
Chg(%)
Volume
Tata Steel
108.10
1.17
1.84m
APL Apollo
1,198.95
1.14
15.37k
SAIL
87.43
0.48
664.77k
NALCO
82.42
0.44
313.78k
Coal India
221.60
0.41
392.89k
Hindalco
403.80
0.4
98.05k
JSW Steel
677.80
0.32
31.67k
Vedanta
279.35
0.25
238.92k
Bannariamman Sugars shares fall 5% as workers go on strike
The company announced in an exchange notification that the labour unions at Sugar Unit-II in Mysore and Sugar Unit-Ill in Chamarajnagar, Karnataka, had declared a strike beginning on March 10, 2023, in protest of a pay settlement and other related demands. The business said it is keeping an eye on the issue and that measures had been taken to ensure that the units ran smoothly and to minimise delays. Bannariamman Sugars' share price, which was down Rs 155.45 or 5.64 percent, was Rs 2,599.00.
Apollo Pipes board approves fund raising of up to Rs 259.60 crore via preferential issue
The issue and allocation of up to 47,20,000 fully convertible warrants with a face value of Rs. 10 each and the right for the holder to subscribe for one equity share per warrant to persons in the "Promoter & Promoter Group" and "Non-Promoter" Category on a preferential basis at an issue price of Rs. 550, aggregating up to Rs. 2,59,60,00,000. Apollo Pipes was up Rs 1.85 or 0.34 percent, trading at Rs 550.65.