Sensex fell 575.46 points or 0.97% to 59,034.95 and Nifty was down by 168.10 points or 0.94% to 17,639.55 in the previous session. Sensex touched a high and low of 59,504.92 and 58,977.35, respectively. There were 12 stocks advancing against 18 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 17,787.50 and 17,623.70. There were 22 stocks advancing against 28 stocks declining on the index.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Axis Bank up by 2.38%, ICICI Bank up by 1.12%, Hindustan Unilever up by 1.09%, Dr Reddy’s Lab up by 1.03% and Mahindra & Mahindra up by 0.82%. On the flip side, Titan Company down by 3.24%, HDFC down by 2.91%, HDFC Bank down by 2.19%, Wipro down by 2.13% and TCS down by 1.90% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Axis Bank up by 2.35%, Divi’s Lab up by 1.67%, Hindustan Unilever up by 1.30%, ICICI Bank up by 0.98% and Dr Reddy’s Lab up by 0.81%. On the flip side, Adani Ports &Special down by 3.46%, Titan Company down by 3.27%, HDFC down by 2.76%, ONGC down by 2.20% and TCS down by 1.93% were the top losers.

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Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited, Adani Enterprises Limited, Adani Green Energy Limited, Adani Power Limited, and Adani Transmission Limited have made a fresh 52 week high on Thursday.

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AVRO INDIA LIMITED, Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold ETF – Growth, Debock Industries Limited, GMR Power and Urban Infra Limited, and Orissa Bengal Carrier Limited have hit a 52-week low on Thursday.

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YESBANK, IDEA, SUZLON, JPPOWER, TATA POWER, RENUKA, GTLINFRA, RPOWER, ZEEL, and PNB were the most active equities on NSE.

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Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund – KOTAK IT ETF – Kotak IT ETF, Capital Trust Limited, Aster DM Healthcare Limited, Lyka Labs Limited, and Jayshree Tea & Industries Limited were the top volume gainers.

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21STCENMGM, 3PLAND, 63MOONS, A2ZINFRA, and AARVEEDEN hit the upper price band while AAKASH, AGRITECH, ANKITMETAL, ARIHANTSUP, and ASAL hit the lower price band. There were 178 securities that hit the upper band while 45 hit the lower band on April 7, 2022.