Sensex fell 1172.19 points or 2.01% to 57,166.74 and Nifty was down by 302.00 points or 1.73% to 17,173.65 in the previous session.

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Sensex touched a high and low of 57,420.80 and 56,842.39, respectively. There were 10 stocks advancing against 20 stocks declining on the index.

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Nifty traded in a range of 17,237.75 and 17,067.85. There were 24 stocks advancing against 26 stocks declining on the index.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were NTPC up by 6.11%, Tata Steel up by 1.51%, Maruti Suzuki up by 1.37%, Titan Company up by 1.21% and Hindustan Unilever up by 1.13%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 7.27%, HDFC down by 4.81%, HDFC Bank down by 4.74%, Tech Mahindra down by 4.69% and Wipro down by 3.67% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were NTPC up by 6.37%, SBI Life Insurance up by 2.01%, HDFC Life Insurance up by 1.70%, Tata Steel up by 1.57% and Maruti Suzuki up by 1.47%. On the flip side, Infosys down by 7.27%, HDFC down by 4.81%, HDFC Bank down by 4.60%, Tech Mahindra down by 4.43% and Apollo Hospital Enterprises down by 3.78% were the top losers.

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Adani Enterprises Limited, Adani Green Energy Limited, Asian Hotels (East) Limited, ANDHRA PAPER LIMITED, and Arman Financial Services Limited have hit a 52-week high on NSE.

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Debock Industries Limited, Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund – Kotak Nifty Alpha 50 ETF, Nakoda Grp of Ind Ltd-RE, Orissa Bengal Carrier Limited, and Ritco Logistics Limited have hit 52-week low on NSE.

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IDEA, YESBANK, TATAPOWER, NTPC, GTLINFRA, SUZLON, JPPOWER, BANKBARODA, RENUKA, and NHPC were the most active equities on NSE.

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Mazda Limited, Windlas Biotech Limited, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited, G R Infraprojects Limited, and Capri Global Capital Limited were the top volume gainers.

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A2ZINFRA, ADANI POWER, ADROITINFO, ALPSINDUS, and ANSALAPI hit the upper price band while 21STCENMGM, 3PLAND, AHLWEST, AJRINFRA, and AKASH hit the lower price band. There were 122 securities that hit the upper band while 78 hit the lower band on April 18, 2022.