Benchmark indices failed to hold on to early gains and ended flat in a volatile session on June 10, with the Nifty 50 managing to eke out gains for a fifth day to hold on to the 25,100 mark.
At close, the Sensex was down 53.49 points or 0.06 percent at 82,391.72, and the Nifty 50 was up just 1.05 points at 25,104.25. The broader markets mirrored main indices, with BSE Midcap ending flat while BSE smallcap index up 0.3 percent.
Top Nifty gainers were Grasim Industries, Dr Reddy's Labs, Tech Mahindra, Tata Motors, Infosys, while losers were Trent, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv. On the sectoral front, realty index shed one percent, while IT index rose 1.7 percent, Media as well as Power index gained nearly one percent.
In stock specific action, Protean eGov Technologies’ shares rose 3 percent on bagging work order worth Rs 100 crore, Avenue Supermarts shares fell 2 percent following a block deal, OneSource Specialty Pharma shares rallied 5 percent after USFDA classified Bengaluru facility as VAI, Nibe shares surged 8 percent on signing licensing agreement with DRDO.
More than 130 stocks on the BSE touched their 52-week highs, including Ujjivan Small, Anupam Rasayan, Eris Life, Ramco Cements, Dalmia Bharat, Fortis Healthcare, Bharat Electronics, Welspun Corp, LT Finance, City Union Bank, Muthoot Finance, Manappuram Finance, AstraZeneca Pharma, Laurus Labs, Max Financial, Abbott India, MCX India, SRF, SBI Cards, among others.
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