Top 5 stocks of the day: Major losses on the Nifty included State Bank of India, Asian Paints, HCL Technologies, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Bajaj Auto, while gainers included Hindalco Industries, Nestle India, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, and JSW Steel. On the sectoral front, there was a mixed trend, with realty, bank, information technology, and PSU bank down 0.5-1 percent, while metal, FMCG, and power names saw purchasing. The BSE midcap index fell 0.4 percent, while the smallcap index ended flat by 0.4 percent.
Top 5 stocks of the day: Sensex and NSE Nifty50
The benchmark indices closed the tumultuous day on March 23 on a bearish note, with the Nifty falling below 17,100. The Sensex closed down 289.31 points, or 0.50%, at 57,925.28, while the Nifty fell 75.00 points, or 0.44%, to 17,076.90. Around 1428 shares advanced, 1983 shares declined, and 127 shares were unchanged.
NIFTY METAL Top Stock Gainers
Company
CMP
Chg(%)
Volume
APL Apollo
1,237.60
4.04
359.20k
SAIL
86.60
1.82
12.11m
Hindalco
399.90
1.82
7.48m
Jindal Steel
564.05
1.22
1.17m
JSW Steel
669.75
1.13
522.76k
Hind Zinc
320.70
0.93
3.25m
Welspun Corp
200.55
0.58
189.92k
Tata Steel
105.40
0.57
13.16m
NALCO
78.15
0.32
6.21m
NMDC
111.90
0.04
3.06m
Nippon Life India Trustee offloads 0.26% stake in KSB
Nippon Life India Trustees has sold 92,000 equity shares in KSB, representing a 0.26% position. Nippon's share in the company fell to 2.98%, down from 3.246% previously. KSB was trading at Rs 2,083.00, a 0.28 percent increase.
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