The breadth of the market favoured the advances with 943 stocks advancing and 560 declining while 547 remained unchanged. On the BSE, 998 stocks advanced, 572 declined and 81 remained unchanged.
The Indian stock market was trading on a flat to positive note in this Thursday morning session with the Nifty50 down 3 points, trading at 10,788 while the Sensex was up 33 points and was trading at 35,924.
Nifty Metal along with the Energy index were trading in the red dragged by JSPL, NMDC and Tata Steel.
From the oil & gas space, the top losers were BPCL, HPCL, Indian Oil Corporation and ONGC. However, Reliance Industries was trading in the green.
Selective FMCG stocks were buzzing led by Dabur India, Godrej Industries, Marico and United Breweries.
The top gainers from NSE include Bharti Infratel, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Vedanta and HCL Tech while the top losers included Eicher Motors, HPCL, BPCL, IOC and ONGC.
The most active stocks were Eicher Motors, Tata Steel, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank.
JSW Holdings, Proseed India, SMS Lifesciences and Tube Investments have hit new 52-week high in this morning session.
19 stocks have hit new 52-week low including names like Arrow Textiles, Mcnally Bharat Engineering, Nagarjuna Oil Refinery, Rolta India and SRS among others.
The breadth of the market favoured the advances with 943 stocks advancing and 560 declining while 547 remained unchanged. On the BSE, 998 stocks advanced, 572 declined and 81 remained unchanged.
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