NEW DELHI: Lakshmi Vilas Bank (up 4.91 per cent) settled as the top gainer among the group 'A' stocks on BSE on Tuesday.

It was followed by Cipla (3.97 per cent), Intellect Design Arena (3.45 per cent) and Intellect Design Arena (3.15 per cent).

Shares of Balrampur Chini Mills (3.14 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (2.93 per cent) and PVR (2.19 per cent) too clocked up decent gains on Tuesday.

The Sensex dived for the third consecutive session on Tuesday to close at 34,903 by plunging about 109 points or 0.31 per cent, while the Nifty cracked below the 10,600 -mark owing to selling in most sectors, led by IT, capital goods, telecom and bank.

In the Sensex kitty, 11 stocks settled in the green and 20 in the red, while in the Nifty50 index, 19 closed the day with gains and 31 with losses.

Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, HDFC and Maruti Suzuki finished Tuesday's session as the top gainers of Sensex index.

On the other hand, Coal India, Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro and Dr Reddy's Labs stood as the top losers in the Sensex index.