INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: State Bank of India (Rs 875.48 crore) finished Tuesday's session as the most active stock in terms of value on NSE.
It was
followed by Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 817.39 crore), Lupin (Rs 757.85 crore) and Reliance Industries (Rs 737.93 crore).
Tata Steel (Rs
500.07 crore), Infosys (Rs 493.13 crore), Just Dial (Rs 469.58 crore), Dr
Reddy's Laboratories (Rs 454.18 crore), Strides Shasun (Rs 448.51 crore) and Sun Pharma (Rs 440.27 crore) also featured among the most
active stocks in value terms, in that order.
Healthy buying in most sectors, led by FMCG, pharma, IT, auto and bank, triggered by firm Asian
cues after a historic meet between the US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave a fillip to domestic market
sentiment on Tuesday.
The equity barometer Sensex surged by 209 points, or 0.59 per cent, to end the day at 35,693, with 17 stocks advancing
and 14 declining.
The Nifty pack climbed 56 points, or 0.52 per cent, finishing Tuesday's session at 10,843 with 29 stocks in the green
and 21 in the red.
Lupin, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, State Bank of India, IndusInd Bank, Hindustan Unilever and Hero MotoCorp stood as the
top gainers in the Nifty index on Tuesday.
