Sensex fell 1491.06 points or 2.74% to 52,842.75 and Nifty was down by 382.20 points or 2.35% to 15,863.15 in the previous session. Sensex touched high and low of 53,203.87 and 52,367.10, respectively. There were 4 stocks advancing against 26 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 15,944.60 and 15,711.45. There were 12 stocks advancing against 38 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Bharti Airtel up by 3.46%, HCL Technologies up by 1.38%, Tata Steel up by 1.12% and Infosys up by 0.93%. On the flip side, Indusind Bank down by 7.63%, Axis Bank down by 6.70%, Maruti Suzuki down by 6.56%, Bajaj Finance down by 6.37% and Bajaj Finserv down by 6.27% were the top losers.

The top gainers on Nifty were ONGC up by 13.16%, Hindalco up by 6.31%, Coal India up by 4.20%, Bharti Airtel up by 3.59% and UPL up by 2.33%. On the flip side, Indusind Bank was down by 8.14%, Maruti Suzuki down by 6.50%, Axis Bank down by 6.43%, Britannia Industries down by 6.30% and Bajaj Finserv down by 6.15% were the top losers.

Axis Mutual Fund – Axis Gold ETF, Brightcom Group Limited, CyberMedia (India) Limited, Excel Industries Limited, and Future Enterprises Limited have made fresh 52 weeks high on Monday.

3M India Limited, Aarti Drugs Limited, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund – Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking ETF, and ADF Foods Limited have hit a 52-week low on Monday.

IDEA, ONGC, YESBANK, BANK BARODA, PNB, SUZLON, ITC, TATAMOTORS, COAL INDIA, and ASHOKLEY were the most active equities on NSE.

Hinduja Global Solutions Limited, United Polyfab Gujarat Limited, SBI Mutual Fund – SBI-ETF 10 YEAR GILT, GOCL Corporation Limited, and Supreme Engineering Limited were the top volume gainers.

3IINFOLTD, ADROITINFO, AGRITECH, ANIKINDS, and BKMINDST hit the upper price band while 21STCENMGM, 63MOONS, A2ZINFRA, AAKASH, and ADANITRANS hit the lower price band. There were 49 securities that hit the upper band while 271 hit the lower band on March 7, 2022.