Sensex fell 109.94 points or 0.20% to 54,208.53 and Nifty was down by 19.00 points or 0.12% to 16,240.30 in the previous session.

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Sensex touched a high and low of 54,786.00 and 54,130.89, respectively. There were 13 stocks advancing against 17 stocks declining on the index.

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Nifty traded in a range of 16,399.80 and 16,211.20. There were 26 stocks advancing against 24 stocks declining on the index.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Hindustan Unilever up by 2.02%, Ultratech Cement up by 1.98%, Asian Paints up by 1.65%, Sun Pharma up by 0.78% and ITC up by 0.72%.

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On the flip side, Power Grid Corp was down by 4.55%, Tech Mahindra down by 2.14%, SBI down by 2.01%, Larsen & Toubro down by 1.92% and Bajaj Finserv down by 1.66% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Tata Consumer Products up by 3.10%, Hindustan Unilever up by 2.05%, Ultratech Cement up by 2.03%, Shree Cement up by 2.00% and Adani Ports and SEZ up by 1.89%.

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On the flip side, Power Grid Corporation down by 4.53%, BPCL down by 3.23%, Tech Mahindra down by 2.23%, Apollo Hospital down by 1.94% and SBI down by 1.94% were the top losers.

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BLS International Services Limited, Coromandel International Limited, Esab India Limited, The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited and Gokaldas Exports Limited have made fresh 52 weeks high on Wednesday.

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Amber Enterprises India Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund – ICICI Prudential 5 Year G-Sec ETF and IndoStar Capital Finance Limited have hit a 52-week low on Wednesday.

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YESBANK, IDEA, GTLINFRA, ZOMATO, IOC, SUZLON, ADANI POWER, SAIL, PNB and MRPL were the most active equities on NSE.

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Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited, Future Retail Limited, Muthoot Capital Services Limited, Nucleus Software Exports Limited and Wockhardt Limited were the top volume gainers.

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63MOONS, A2ZINFRA, AARVI, ADANI POWER and AJRINFRA hit the upper price band while AARON, ADROITINFO, AGROPHOS, ANSAL API and BIRLATYRE hit the lower price band. There were 215 securities that hit the upper band while 39 hit the lower band on May 18, 2022.