D-Street Newsmakers: HDFC Bank, AB Capital and other stocks that hogged limelight today

Indian headline indices in a topsy-turvy trade ended steady led by gains in the index heavyweight- HDFC Bank. Meanwhile, Bank Nifty after gyrating nealy 1000 points during the session ended nearly flat with a negative bias. Furthermore, broader markets continued to tumble amid frothy valuations.

Here are the 10 stocks that hogged limelight today:

Aditya Birla Capital:

Shares of the company ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 183.65 amid merger news with its subsidiary firm.

Zomato:

The stock ended near day’s high at Rs 156.9, up over 1 per cent as HSBC iterated a buy on the counter with a higher target of Rs 200.

HDFC Bank:

The heavyweight stock ended over 2 per cent at Rs 1459.55 amid likely inflows which the upcoming global rejig would bring in.

Sanghi Industries:

Shares of the cement company ended with gains of over 8 per cent at Rs 108.95 amid news reports that Ambuja Cements will offload stake in the entity.

KNR Constructions:

Shares of the company ended with a cut of 3.6 per cent at Rs 263.9 as the company received a letter of award for Rs 1163 crore project.

DLF:

Shares of the company ended with loss of over 5 per cent at Rs 864.9 amid profit booking in the realty pack by up to 4 per cent.

Linde India:

Shares of the company settled with over 7 per cent gains at Rs 6315.7 amid spurt in volume in the counter.

Ion Exchange:

After a Rs 120 crore order-win, the company stock ended at Rs 458.1, up 2 per cent.

HIL:

The company’s stock ended 3 per cent higher at Rs 2777.05 as the company inked a pact to acquire Crestia Polytech.

Indian Bank:

Amid weakness in the small-cap stocks, shares of the PSB ended nearly 6 per cent lower at Rs 516.85.