The BSE Sensex slipped 617.26 points or 1.08% to close at
56,579.89. During the day, it plunged 840.28 points or 1.46% to 56,356.87. The
broader NSE Nifty fell 218 points or 1.27% to 16,953.95. BSE midcap and
smallcap indices lost nearly 2% each.
On the sectoral front, expect bank all other sectors
closed in the red with auto, capital goods, FMCG, healthcare, IT, power, metal,
oil & gas, realty down 1%-4%.
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Here are the key stocks that most on April 25:
ICICI Bank: The share of the private lender closed 0.73%
higher at Rs 752.80. The private sector lender reported a 59.4% year-on-year
jump in net profit to Rs 7,018.7 crore for the March quarter of fiscal 2022.
The lender reported a 20.8% YoY growth in net interest income (NII) to Rs
12,605 crore for the March 2021 quarter.
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Bharat Petroleum: The BPCL stock plunged 6% to Rs 369.80 after Vedanta
Group’s chairman said they called off the disinvestment of the state-owned
company. This comes as a setback for BPCL, which received strong interest from
retail and institutional investors over the past few years.
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BHEL: The share slipped 4% to close at Rs 51.80. Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured an order for 6,000 HP Electric
Locomotives, the first-ever in the country for industrial application. The NTPC
Limited has placed an order for six 6000 HP Electric Locomotives for material
handling operations at Lara thermal power project.
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Religare Enterprises: The share price jumped by 12.24% to
close at Rs 132.00 after the financial services company in an exchange filing
on April 24 said that it has resolved all legacy issues with the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
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PVR Cinemas: The stock price slipped 2.04% to close at Rs
1,735.00. BlackRock Inc bought 37,613 equity shares in the PVR Limited through
open market transactions on April 21. With this, its stake in the company
increased to 5.01% from 4.95% previously.