Stock market update: These stocks zoomed up to 20% despite weak market sentiment

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Shares of Merck (up 20 per cent), Jindal Poly Films (up 19.99 per cent) and Nava Bharat Ventures (up 19.99 per cent) zoomed up to
20 per cent in an otherwise weak market, emerging among the top gainers of Wednesday's session. Crisil (up 12.76 per cent), Bodal Chemicals
(up 10.46 per cent), MSP Steel Power (up 9.87 per cent) and Reliance Communications (up 9.72 per cent) also stood among the top
gainers. Indian equity benchmarks extended losses to the second day on Wednesday on losses in bank, financial, capital goods, pharma, oil
gas and auto stocks
Market sentiment was hit by weak global cues due to a lingering political crisis in Italy and renewed trade war fears between the US and
China
Moreover, investors turned to profit-booking ahead of the May month derivatives expiry tomorrow. The Sensex slipped 43 points, or 0.12 per
cent on Wednesday, settling at 34,906 with 11 stocks advancing and 20 declining. The Nifty50 fell 19 points, or 0.18 per cent, ending the
day at 10,614, with 18 stocks in the green and 32 in the red. Mahindra Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Coal India, YES Bank, Bajaj Finserv and
Kotak Mahindra Bank emerged as the top gainers in the Nifty index on Wednesday.