Sensex rose 1047.28 points or 1.84% to 57,863.93 and Nifty was up by 311.70 points or 1.84% to 17,287.05 in the previous session. Sensex touched high and low of 58,095.84 and 57,518.06, respectively. There were 28 stocks advancing against 2 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 17,344.60 and 17,175.75. There were 46 stocks advancing against 4 stocks declining on the index.  

The top gainers on the Sensex were HDFC up by 5.50%, Titan Company up by 4.50%, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 3.29%, Reliance Industries up by 3.18% and Asian Paints up by 3.07%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 1.81% and HCL Technologies down by 0.23% were the top losers.

The top gainers on Nifty were HDFC up by 5.36%, Titan Company up by 4.59%, JSW Steel up by 4.39%, SBI Life Insurance up by 3.52% and Reliance Industries up by 3.50%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 1.05%, Cipla down by 0.86%, Indian Oil Corporation down by 0.49%, HCL Technologies down by 0.42% and Coal India down by 0.20% were the top losers.

Agri-Tech (India) Limited, ANDHRA PAPER LIMITED, AVT Natural Products Limited, Bharat Dynamics Limited, and Brigade Enterprises Limited have made fresh 52 weeks high on Thursday.

Akash Infra-Projects Limited, Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited, Future Retail Limited, Future Supply Chain Solutions Limited, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund – ICICI Prudential 5 Year G-Sec ETF have hit a 52-week low on Thursday.

YESBANK, IDEA, NATIONALUM, ONGC, GTLINFRA, SAIL, INVENTURE, SUZLON, VISESHINFO, and PNB were the most active equities on NSE.

Sundaram Finance Limited, Tokyo Plast International Limited, IFB Industries Limited, Control Print Limited, and United Polyfab Gujarat Limited were the top volume gainers.

AJRINFRA, BCP, BHANDARI, COUNCODOS, and GAL hit the upper price band while BLKASHYAP, BRIGHT, CELEBRITY, FLEXITUFF, and GOENKA hit the lower price band. There were 23 securities that hit the upper band while 10 hit the lower band on March 17, 2022.