Stock market update: Top Nifty gainers and losers of Thursday's session

Stock market update: Top Nifty gainers and losers of Thursday's session
Nifty index closed with 14 stocks in the green and 36 in the red.
NEW DELHI: NTPC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindalco Industries, Bharti Airtel and Infosys settled as the top gainers in the Nifty index on Thursday.

On the contrary, Tech Mahindra, HPCL, Titan, Indiabulls Housing Finance, BPCL and ICICI Bank stood as the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.

Indian shares extended losses to the second consecutive day on the last day of June futures and options derivatives contracts.

Sustained selling was observed in bank, auto, metal, Oil & gas, energy and financial stocks.

Market sentiment remained subdued in the backdrop of falling rupee and surging crude oil prices.

The Sensex index cracked by 179 points, or 0.51 per cent, finishing at 35,038, with 10 stocks advancing and 21 stocks declining.

The Nifty50 wound up Thursday's session down by 82 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 10,589, with 14 stocks in the green and 36 in the red.

Barring Nifty Metal, all sectoral indices finished with losses on NSE, with Nifty Realty topping the pack of losers, falling over 2 per cent.
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