Benchmark indices NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex traded lower on the weekly F&O expiry day. The NSE benchmark fell 48.85 points or 0.26% to 18,707.05 and the 30-share BSE benchmark tanked 233.54 points or 0.37% to 62,994.97. The broader market indices were trading mixed; Nifty 100 was down 0.24% while Nifty Smallcap 50 rose 0.23%. The volatility index, India VIX rose 0.98% to 11.27. In sectoral indices, Bank Nifty tumbled 490.40 points or 1.11% to 43,497.60, Nifty PSU Bank plunged 1.63% while Nifty Pharma jumped 1.42%. HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Paytm, Adani Enterprises, Infosys, Zomato and Tata Motors were the most active stocks on NSE.
NSE Nifty 50 – Top Gainers and Losers
Apollo Hospital, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Divis Lab, Cipla, BPCL, Adani Enterprises, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Nestle India and ITC were the top gainers while IndusInd Bank, Wipro, Kotak Bank, HDFC Life, State Bank of India (SBIN), ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Hero Motocorp, Infosys and HDFC were the losers.
Stocks at 52-Week Lows
Cerebra Integrated Technologies, Reliance Communications, Siti Networks, Sintex Plastics Technology, Suumaya Industries, Tirupati Forge, GHCL Textiles and M K Proteins were among 11 stocks that hit 52-week lows.
Volume Gainers
Jubilant Industries, Poly Medicure, Nectar Lifesciences, Chembond Chemicals, Supreme Petrochem, Lokesh Machines, GKW, Solara Active Pharma Sciences, Shaily Engineering Plastics, Roto Pumps, PNC Infratech, Amrutanjan Health Care, Mukta Arts, Apex Frozen Foods, Cords Cable Industries, Bajaj Healthcare, NRB Industrial Bearings, The Great Eastern Shipping Company, Madhucon Projects, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Mangalam Drugs And Organics and McLeod Russel India were the volume gainers.