Sensex plunged 1416.30 points or 2.61% to 52,792.23 and
Nifty was down by 430.90 points or 2.65% to 15,809.40. 

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Sensex touched a high and low of 53,356.04 and 52,669.51,
respectively. There were 3 stocks advancing against 27 stocks declining on the index.

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Nifty traded in a range of 15,984.75 and 15,775.20. There
were 3 stocks advancing against 47 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on the Sensex were ITC up by 3.43%, Dr Reddy’s Lab up by 0.82% and Power Grid Corp up by 0.29%.

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On the flip side, Wipro down by 6.21%, HCL Technologies
down by 6.01%, Infosys down by 5.46%, TCS down by 5.17% and Tech Mahindra down
by 5.07% were the top losers.

The top gainers on Nifty were ITC up by 3.35%, Dr
Reddy’s Lab up by 0.93% and Power Grid Corporation up by 0.37%.

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On the flip side, HCL Technologies down by 5.80%, Wipro
down by 5.78%, Infosys down by 5.18%, TCS down by 5.13% and Tech Mahindra down
by 5.04% were the top losers.

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Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Grauer & Weil
(India) Limited, ITC Limited. Kanani Industries Limited, Kohinoor Foods Limited,
Mangalore
Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, Nava Bharat Ventures Limited
and Roto Pumps Limited have made fresh 52 week high on Thursday.

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Amber Enterprises India Limited, Aurobindo Pharma Limited,
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, CARE Ratings Limited, Dabur India
Limited, Emami Limited, HDFC Bank Limited, Life Insurance Corporation of India,
Manappuram Finance Limited and Wipro Limited have hit a 52-week low on
Wednesday.

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INFY, ITC, RELIANCE, RUCHI, TCS, HDFCBANK, ICICIBANK, ADANI POWER, HDFC, TATASTEEL, DR REDDY, TATAMOTOTRS, SBIN, LICI, BAJFINANCE,
AXISBANK, TATAELXSI, KOTAK BANK, TATA POWER, WIPRO were the most active equities
on NSE.

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Lupin Limited, Punjab and Sind Bank, Madras Fertilizers
Limited, Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited, V-Guard Industries Limited and JK Lakshmi
Cement Limited were the top volume gainers.

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63MOONS, A2ZINFRA, ANSALAPI, BIGBLOC AND CALSOFT hit the
upper price band while 3PLAND, AAKASH, AARVEEDEN, ADROITINFO, AGRITECH AND
AGROPHOS hit the lower price band. There were 61 securities that hit the upper
band while 169 hit the lower band on May 19, 2022.