INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: As many as 62 stocks including Alankit, Antarctica, Assam Company India, Burnpur Cement and Engineers India hit 52-week lows on
NSE on Monday.
Bharti Infratel, KCP Sugar and Industries Corporation, Manpasand Beverages, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals, NCL
Industries, Tata Power Company and Vedanta also featured among stocks that touched 52-week lows on NSE today.
Headline indices Nifty and
Sensex ended the day in the negative territory after a choppy trade owing to losses in a majority of sectors, led by metals, bank, IT,
capital goods, consumer durables and telecom
However, gains in oil and auto stocks kept the fall restricted.
The BSE Sensex fell for 74 points, or 0.21 per cent, settling at 35,548,
while the Nifty finished Monday's session at 10,800, down by 18 points or 0.17 per cent.
Overall, 20 stocks remained in the green in the
Nifty pack, compared with 30 stocks that went home with losses.
Sensex witnessed 11 stocks advancing and 20 declining at the end of today's
trade.
Among the sectors, Nifty Auto and private bank index closed the day in the green, while Nifty Pharma settled almost flat
All other indices closed the day in the red, with Nifty Metal as the top loser, falling 1.74 per cent.
Hindalco Industries, Vedanta, Bharti
Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finance and Coal India finished the day as the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.
