The Sensex fell 651.85 points or 1.08% to 59,646.15 while
the Nifty was down by 198.05 points or 1.10% to 17,758.45 at close of trading
on Friday.

The Sensex moved in a high and low band of 60,411.20 and
59,474.57. There were 3 stocks advancing against 27 declining stocks on the
index.

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The Nifty traded in a range of 17,710.75 and 17,992.20.
There were 6 stocks advancing against 44 stocks declining on the index.

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The broader indices ended in green with the BSE mid-cap
index down by 1.27% and small-cap index down by 0.93%. The top gaining sectoral
indices on the BSE were Power up by 0.53%, Utilities up by 0.45%, Capital Goods
up by 0.32%, TECK up by 0.14% while, Realty down by 2.14%, Metal down by 1.84%,
PSU down by 1.67%, Energy down by 1.64%, Oil & Gas down by 1.62% were the
losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Larsen & Toubro up
by 2.20%, Infosys up by 0.93% and TCS up by 0.12%. On the flip side, Indusind
Bank down by 3.82%, Bajaj Finserv down by 3.08%, Bajaj Finance down by 2.53%,
Tata Steel down by 2.27% and SBI down by 2.25% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Adani Ports &SEZ up by
4.65%, Larsen & Toubro up by 2.19%, Infosys up by 0.89%, Eicher Motors up
by 0.37% and Bajaj Auto up by 0.34%. On the flip side, Indusind Bank down by
3.78%, Bajaj Finserv down by 3.08%, Apollo Hospital down by 3.08%, Tata Motors
down by 2.85% and Tata Consumer Product down by 2.59% were the top losers.

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Adani Enterprises Limited, Adani Power Limited, Adani Transmission
Limited and Akshar Spintex Limited AMD Industries Limited have hit a 52-week
high on Friday.

Kaveri Seed Company Limited, MITCON Consultancy &
Engineering Services Limited, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund – Aditya Birla
Sun Life Nifty 200 Mo and Securecloud Technologies Limited touched a 52-week
low on Friday.

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Adani Ports and SEZ Limited (ADANIPORTS), Adani Enterprises
Limited (ADANIENT), Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited
(IRCTC), Zomato Limited (ZOMATO) and Adani Green Energy Limited (ADANIGREEN) were
the most active equities on NSE.

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Kotak Nifty IT ETF, Banaras Beads Limited, Kotak Nifty 50
ETF, IIFL Finance Limited and Sarthak Metals Limited were the top volume
gainers.

21st Century Management Services Limited (21STCENMGM),
3P Land Holdings Limited (3PLAND), Archidply Decor Limited (ADL), Adroit
Infotech Limited (ADROITINFO) and Akash Infra-Projects Limited hit the upper
price band.

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Alps Industries Limited (ALPSINDUS), Ankit Metal &
Power Limited (ANKITMETAL), Antarctica Limited (ANTGRAPHIC), Brand Concepts
Limited (BCONCEPTS) and C&C Constructions Limited (CANDC) hit the lower
price band. There were 88 securities that hit the upper band while 45 hit the
lower band on August 19, 2022.