Sensex rose 817.06 points or 1.50% to 55,464.39 and Nifty was up by 249.55 points or 1.53% to 16,594.90 in the previous session. Sensex touched high and low of 56,242.47 and 54,982.82, respectively. There were 27 stocks advancing against 3 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 16,757.30 and 16,447.90. There were 43 stocks advancing against 7 stocks declining on the index. 

The top gainers on the Sensex were Hindustan Unilever up by 5.17%, Tata Steel up by 4.27%, SBI up by 3.70%, Indusind Bank up by 3.28% and Axis Bank up by 3.04%. On the flip side, Tech Mahindra down by 1.28%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 0.78% and TCS down by 0.36% were the top losers.

The top gainers on Nifty were Hindustan Unilever up by 5.16%, Tata Steel up by 4.30%, Grasim Industries up by 4.13%, SBI up by 3.48% and JSW Steel up by 3.40%. On the flip side, Coal India down by 3.75%, Tech Mahindra down by 1.46%, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 1.23%, UPL down by 0.58% and ONGC down by 0.57% were the top losers.

Accuracy Shipping Limited, Arihant Capital Markets Limited, Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, Birla Cable Limited, and BSE Limited have made fresh 52 weeks high on Thursday.

Akash Infra-Projects Limited, NIPPON INDIA ETF HANG SENG BEES, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund – ICICI Prudential 5 Year G-Sec ETF, Megastar Foods Limited, and Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited have hit a 52-week low on Thursday.

IDEA, YESBANK, GTLINFRA, BANKBARODA, PNB, ONGC, TATAMOTORS, JPPOWER, ASHOKLEY, and SAIL were the most active equities on NSE.

Astron Paper & Board Mill Limited, Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited, Swan Energy Limited, The Grob Tea Company Limited, and EPL Limited were the top volume gainers.

3IINFOLTD, 3PLAND, 63MOONS, A2ZINFRA, and AARON hit the upper price band while AKASH, APOLLO, ARSHIYA, ARTNIRMAN, and BALLARPUR hit the lower price band. There were 292 securities that hit the upper band while 32 hit the lower band on March 10, 2022.