Stocks that should be on your watchlist on Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Sensex fell 703.59 points or 1.23% to 56,463.15 and Nifty was down by 215.00 points or 1.25% to 16,958.65 in the previous session.

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Sensex touched a high and low of 57,464.08 and 56,009.07, respectively. There were 4 stocks advancing against 26 stocks declining on the index.

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Nifty traded in a range of 17,275.65 and 16,824.70. There were 6 stocks advancing against 44 stocks declining on the index.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Reliance Industries up by 3.71%, ICICI Bank up by 1.04%, SBI up by 0.44% and Bajaj Finance up by 0.25%. On the flip side, HDFC down by 5.50%, HDFC Bank down by 3.73%, Infosys down by 3.55%, ITC down by 3.33% and Tech Mahindra down by 3.17% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Apollo Hospital Enterprises up by 5.32%, Coal India up by 3.25%, Reliance Industries up by 3.23%, BPCL up by 0.61% and ICICI Bank up by 0.27%. On the flip side, HDFC down by 6.26%, HDFC Life Insurance down by 5.46%, SBI Life Insurance down by 4.47%, HDFC Bank down by 4.33% and Tata Consumer Products down by 4.17% were the top losers.

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Page Industries Limited, Fine Organic Industries Limited, Adani Green Energy Limited, Adani Enterprises Limited, and IIFL Wealth Management Limited have hit 52 week high.

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INEOS Styrolution India Limited, Jubilant Foodworks Limited, Bhagiradha Chem & Ind-RE, Goldiam International Limited, and Nakoda Grp of Ind Ltd-RE have hit a 52-week low.

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IDEA, YESBANK, MRPL, SUZLON, COAL INDIA, GTLINFRA, TATA POWER, NLCINDIA, JPPOWER, and ADANI POWER were the most active equities on NSE.

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Sejal Glass Limited, INEOS Styrolution India Limited, Edelweiss ETF – Nifty Bank, TT Limited, and Mirae Asset Mutual Fund – Mirae Asset Nifty India Manufacturing ETF were the top volume gainers.

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A2ZINFRA, ADANI POWER, ADROITINFO, AKSHOPTFBR, and ALPSINDUS hit the upper price band while 21STCENMGM, ADL, AKASH, ANTGRAPHIC, and ARIHANTCAP hit the lower price band. There were 134 securities that hit the upper band while 69 hit the lower band on April 19, 2022.