Sensex fell 768.87 points or 1.40% to 54,333.81 and Nifty was down by 252.70 points or 1.53% to 16,245.35 in the previous session. Sensex touched high and low of 55,013.27 and 53,887.72, respectively. There were 7 stocks advancing against 23 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 16,456.00 and 16,133.80. There were 10 stocks advancing against 40 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Dr Reddy’s Lab up by 2.95%, ITC up by 2.78%, Tech Mahindra up by 1.84%, Ultratech Cement up by 1.14% and Sun Pharma up by 1.08%. On the flip side, Titan Company down by 5.05%, Maruti Suzuki down by 4.66%, Asian Paints down by 4.61%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 3.90% and Hindustan Unilever down by 3.43% were the top losers.

The top gainers on Nifty were Dr Reddy’s Lab up by 2.88%, ITC up by 2.55%, Tech Mahindra up by 1.98%, BPCL up by 1.11% and Ultratech Cement up by 1.02%. On the flip side, Titan Company was down by 5.21%, Maruti Suzuki down by 4.75%, Asian Paints down by 4.45%, Hero MotoCorp down by 4.32% and Tata Motors down by 4.28% were the top losers.

Adani Transmission Limited, Arihant Capital Markets Limited, CyberMedia (India) Limited, Excel Industries Limited, and Future Enterprises Limited have made fresh 52 weeks high on Friday.

3M India Limited, Aarti Drugs Limited, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund – Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking ETF, AIA Engineering Limited, and Akash Infra-Projects Limited have hit a 52-week low on Friday.

IDEA, YESBANK, ITC, GTLINFRA, PNB, SUZLON, VISESHINFO, JPPOWER, NATIONALUM, and BANKBARODA were the most active equities on NSE.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund – BHARAT 22 ETF, Nippon India Mutual Fund-Nippon India ETF Nifty CPSE Bond Plus SDL-24, Supreme Engineering Limited, Edelweiss ETF – Nifty Bank, and Usha Martin Education & Solutions Limited were the top volume gainers.

3IINFOLTD, A2ZINFRA, ADROITINFO, AGRITECH, and AJRINFRA hit the upper price band while 21STCENMGM, AARVEEDEN, AKASH, ALPSINDUS, and AMBICAAGAR hit the lower price band. There were 99 securities that hit the upper band while 95 hit the lower band on March 4, 2022.