Sensex rose 581.34 points or 1.10% to 53,424.09 and Nifty was up by 150.30 points or 0.95% to 16,013.45 in the previous session. Sensex touched high and low of 53,484.26 and 52,260.82, respectively. There were 24 stocks advancing against 6 stocks declining on the index. Nifty traded in a range of 16,028.75 and 15,671.45. There were 37 stocks advancing against 13 stocks declining on the index.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Sun Pharma up by 3.99%, TCS up by 3.29%, NTPC up by 2.77%, Wipro up by 2.73% and Tech Mahindra up by 2.69%. On the flip side, Tata Steel down by 1.73%, Power Grid Corporation down by 0.49%, Titan Company down by 0.32%, Nestle down by 0.25% and Reliance Industries down by 0.15% were the top losers.
The top gainers on Nifty were Indian Oil Corporation up by 4.23%, Sun Pharma up by 4.04%, Tata Consumer Product up by 3.81%, Cipla up by 3.52% and TCS up by 3.13%. On the flip side, Hindalco was down by 4.59%, ONGC down by 4.41%, Tata Steel down by 2.01%, JSW Steel down by 1.35% and Britannia Industries down by 1.22% were the top losers.
Arihant Capital Markets Limited, CyberMedia (India) Limited, Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Limited, and Excel Industries Limited have made fresh 52 weeks high on Tuesday.
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund – Aditya Birla Sun Life Banking ETF, ADF Foods Limited, Akash Infra-Projects Limited, and Akzo Nobel India Limited have hit a 52-week low on Tuesday.
IDEA, YESBANK, ONGC, BANKBARODA, GTLINFRA, PNB, TATAMOTORS, JPPOWER, SBIN, and ASHOKLEY were the most active equities on NSE.
N. B. I. Industrial Finance Company Limited, Dodla Dairy Limited, TTK Prestige Limited, Suumaya Industries Limited, and DSP Mutual Fund – DSP Nifty 50 ETF were the top volume gainers.
3IINFOLTD, 3PLAND, ABAN, ADROITINFO, and AGROPHOS hit the upper price band while 21STCENMGM, A2ZINFRA, AAKASH, AGSTRA, and AJRINFRA hit the lower price band. There were 108 securities that hit the upper band while 99 hit the lower band on March 8, 2022.
