Sensex fell 770.31 points or 1.29% to 58,788.02 and Nifty was down by 219.80 points or 1.24% to 17,560.20 in the previous session. Sensex touched high and low of 59,557.87 and 58,653.94, respectively. There were 5 stocks advancing against 25 stocks declining on the index while Nifty traded in a range of 17,781.15 and 17,511.15 and there were 6 stocks advancing against 43 stocks declining, while 1 stock remains unchanged on the index.  

Nahar Poly Films, HSIL Limited, Onward Technologies, International Constructions, OnMobile Global, Orient Bell, Aptus Value Housing Finance India and Gokaldas Exports have made fresh 52 weeks high on Thursday.

Barbeque Nation Hospitality has announced financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2021. The company has delivered the highest ever revenue and EBIDTA in Q3FY22. Revenue from operations stood at Rs 286.7 crore, an increase of 47.1% versus Q3FY21. Same-store sales growth was 42.7%. Delivery revenue came in at Rs. 46.6 crores, an increase of 64.4% over Q3FY21.

Akzo Nobel India Limited, Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited, Mallcom (India) Limited, Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund – Motilal Oswal 5 Year G Sec ETF – Growth and Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund – Aditya Birla Sun Life Silver ETF have hit a 52-week low on Thursday.

The Board of Directors of Emami approved the buyback of the company’s fully paid-up equity shares having a face value of Re 1 each for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 162 crore.

IDEA, INVENTURE, DHANI, HSCL, PNB, JPPOWER, YESBANK, SINTEX, GTLINFRA, and RPOWER were the most active equities on NSE.

Kalyan Jewellers India has announced financial and business performance for the quarter ended December 31, 2021. The company recorded a consolidated PAT growth of 16% and revenue growth of 17% over the same quarter of the previous year. 

Dhani Services Limited, GP Petroleums Limited, Sintex Industries Limited, NIPPON INDIA ETF NIFTY MIDCAP 150 and Bhagyanagar India Limited were the top volume gainers.

Shares of TV18 Broadcast surged over 8% on February 3 on talks that US telecom conglomerate Comcast may join media titans James Murdoch and Uday Shankar in acquiring a stake in Viacom 18.

3PLAND, 63MOONS, AAKASH, ADL and ADSL hit the upper price band while 21STCENMGM, A2ZINFRA, ADROITINFO, AGRITECH, and AJMERA hit the lower price band. There were 156 securities that hit the upper band while 54 hit the lower band on February 3, 2022.