Sensex fell 778.38 points or 1.38% to 55,468.90 and Nifty was down by 187.95 points or 1.12% to 16,605.95 in the previous session. Sensex touched high and low of 55,755.09 and 55,020.10, respectively. There were 7 stocks advancing against 23 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 16,678.50 and 16,478.65. There were 16 stocks advancing against 34 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Tata Steel up by 5.54%, Titan Company up by 1.88%, Reliance Industries up by 1.67%, Nestle up by 1.06% and Axis Bank up by 1.03%. On the flip side, Maruti Suzuki down by 6.00%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 5.14%, Asian Paints down by 4.53%, ICICI Bank down by 3.74% and HDFC down by 3.70% were the top losers.

The top gainers on Nifty were Coal India up by 8.52%, HDFC Life Insurance up by 7.03%, SBI Life Insurance up by 5.65%, Tata Steel up by 5.57% and Hindalco up by 4.34%. On the flip side, Maruti Suzuki down by 6.00%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 5.15%, Bajaj Auto down by 4.62%, Asian Paints down by 4.21% and Hero MotoCorp down by 4.08% were the top losers.

Adani Transmission Limited, Arihant Capital Markets Limited, CyberMedia (India) Limited, Fine Organic Industries Limited, and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited have made fresh 52 weeks high on Wednesday.

Aarti Drugs Limited, Cochin Shipyard Limited, City Union Bank Limited, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, and Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited have hit a 52-week low on Wednesday.

IDEA, YESBANK, GTLINFRA, COALINDIA, PNB, SUZLON, SAIL, BANKBARODA, JPPOWER, and NATIONALUM were the most active equities on NSE.

Nippon India Mutual Fund – ETF Nifty SDL – 2026 Maturity, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Tata Metaliks Limited, Kothari Products Limited, and Rossell India Limited were the top volume gainers.

A2ZINFRA, ADANITRANS, ADROITINFO, AGSTRA, and AJMERA hit the upper price band while 21STCENMGM, 3PLAND, 63MOONS, AARVEEDEN, and ADL hit the lower price band. There were 124 securities that hit the upper band while 88 hit the lower band on March 2, 2022.