Market Now: Sensex, Nifty up; these stocks zoomed up to 17%

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Updated: Feb 12, 2018, 10.54 AM IST
Market Now: Sensex, Nifty up; these stocks zoomed up to 17%
In the Nifty50 index, Tata Steel, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Aurobindo Pharma and Lupin were among the top gainers.
NEW DELHI: Shares of Agri-Tech (India) (up 17 per cent), 3M India (up 17 per cent) and KSS (up 16.67 per cent) zoomed up to 17 per cent on NSE in morning trade on Monday, reflecting the bullish market stance.

On the other hand, shares of Apcotex Industries (up 16.51 per cent), Radha Madhav Corporation (up 15.59 per cent), Aptech (up 13.82 per cent), Rolta India (up 12.59 per cent), FCS Software Solutions (up 12.50 per cent), Rossell India (up 12.35 per cent) and Vardhman Holdings (up 11.20 per cent) surged over 10 per cent on NSE.

Stocks staged a strong comeback in early trade on Monday with the BSE Sensex gaining over 260 points and the Nifty recapturing the 10,500-level on continued buying by domestic funds ahead of inflation data to be released after market hours today.

Asian markets were also trading in the green after a late-day rally on Wall Street on Friday.

Sustained buying by domestic institutional investors amid a firm trend at other Asian bourses improved the market sentiment.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 54 points up at 10,509, while the BSE Sensex was 197 points up at 34,203 around 10:45 am (IST).

In the Nifty50 index, Tata Steel, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Aurobindo Pharma and Lupin were among the top gainers.

On the contrary, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, State Bank of India, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, HCL Technologies and Coal India were the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 37 were in the green, while 13 were in the red.

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