Sensex rises! But these stocks fell 5% or more in Monday's session

NEW DELHI: Several stocks plunged in excess of 5 per cent in Mumbai trading on Monday even as equity benchmark BSE Sensex traded 126.76 points up at 57653.86 amid brisk buying in frontline bluechip counters.

On the BSE, Naapbooks Ltd.(down 19.70 per cent), Coastal Corp(down 18.27 per cent), Trio Mercantile(down 17.86 per cent), Goldcoin Health Fds.(down 17.46 per cent) and HOV Services(down 16.33 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

In the Nifty pack, 28 stocks closed in the green, while 22 stocks ended in the red.

The index closed 40.65 points up at 16985.7.

On the BSE, Trio Mercantile, HOV Services, UFO Moviez, La Tim Metal & Indu and Lactose(India)hit their fresh 52-week lows, while Encash Entertain, Ranjeet Mechatronics, IZMO, Nitta Gelatin and Bharat Wire Ropes touched their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade.