Top 5 stocks of the day: Adani Enterprises, IndusInd Bank, Nestle India, SBI Life Insurance and HDFC Life were among the major lowers on the Nifty, while gainers included L&T, UltraTech Cement, BPCL, Asian Paints. and Coal India. Except capital goods, all other sectoral indices ended in the red. The BSE midcap index fell 0.7 percent and smallcap index down 0.20 percent.
Sensex and NSE Nifty50
Benchmark indices ended lower, snapping a three-day winning streak, with Nifty below 20,000. The Nifty was down 91.60 points or 0.51% at 17,944.20, while the Sensex was down 316.94 points or 0.52% at 61,002.57. 1893 shares fell, 1468 shares rose, and 136 shares remained unchanged.
Top Stock Losers
Company
CMP
Chg(%)
Volume
IndusInd Bank
1,114.30
-2.97
79.24k
Bandhan Bank
235.00
-2.91
103.66k
Federal Bank
127.25
-2.34
433.87k
AU Small Financ
611.90
-2.25
31.16k
Bank of Baroda
166.90
-1.79
492.11k
Kotak Mahindra
1,757.40
-1.74
247.18k
SBI
531.40
-1.61
706.40k
Axis Bank
853.10
-1.39
220.11k
ICICI Bank
862.00
-0.82
96.13k
HDFC Bank
1,654.35
-0.62
96.75k
Top 5 stocks of the day: Morgan Stanley View on Nestle India
Underweight was maintained by the brokerage house on the stock, with a target price of Rs 15,315 per share. On the top line, the company's Q4 results fell short of expectations, but they beat them by a wide margin. Due to margin pressure, a possible deterioration in the mix, and relative valuation, the firm maintained its underweight position in the stock.
L&T tops buying list in Nifty50, trades beyond consolidation range
Larsen & Toubro turned out to be the biggest gainer in the Nifty50 on February 17, despite the broader markets reeling under selling pressure. The benchmark Nifty50 itself fell more than 100 points intraday.
With a long bullish candlestick formation, the stock has broken out of the consolidation range that we have been seeing since the beginning of the current month. It was actually trading within the Budget Day range (Rs 2,080-2,216), but there was a higher-high-higher-low formation within that range.