Sensex rose 231.29 points or 0.40% to 57,593.49 and Nifty was up by 69.00 points or 0.40% to 17,222.00 in the previous session. Sensex touched a high and low of 57,638.34 and 56,825.09, respectively. There were 20 stocks advancing against 10 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 17,235.10 and 17,003.90. There were 29 stocks advancing against 20 stocks declining, while 1 stock remains unchanged on the index. 

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Bharti Airtel up by 3.40%, Axis Bank up by 2.13%, ICICI Bank up by 1.59%, ITC up by 1.54% and SBI up by 1.44%. On the flip side, Nestle down by 1.83%, HDFC down by 1.58%, HCL Technologies down by 1.41%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 1.40% and Asian Paints down by 0.64% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on the Nifty were Bharti Airtel up by 3.90%, Coal India up by 2.71%, Axis Bank up by 2.11%, Eicher Motors up by 1.63% and ICICI Bank up by 1.61%. On the flip side, UPL was down by 2.32%, SBI Life Insurance down by 2.07%, Nestle down by 1.76%, HDFC down by 1.48% and HDFC Life Insurance Company down by 1.44% were the top losers.

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Adani Enterprises Limited, Adani Transmission Limited, Agarwal Industrial Corporation Limited, Agri-Tech (India) Limited, and Asian Hotels (East) Limited have made a fresh 52 week high on Monday.

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Aarti Drugs Limited, Aavas Financiers Limited, Asian Hotels (West) Limited, Akash Infra-Projects Limited, and Banco Products (I) Limited have hit a 52-week low on Monday.

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IDEA, ADANI POWER, YESBANK, GTLINFRA, IDFCFIRSTB, LEMON TREE, PNB, BANK BARODA, RPOWER, and JPPOWER were the most active equities on NSE.

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Asian Hotels (East) Limited, Foseco India Limited, EIH Associated Hotels Limited, Seamec Limited, and Aster DM Healthcare Limited were the top volume gainers.

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21STCENMGM, 63MOONS, A2ZINFRA, AGRITECH, and ALPSINDUS hit the upper price band while ADL, AHLWEST, AJRINFRA, AKASH, and AKSHOPTFBR hit the lower price band. There were 89 securities that hit the upper band while 175 hit the lower band on March 28, 2022.