D-Street Newsmakers: HDFC Bank, Asian Paints, IEX among stocks that buzzed today

Amid heavy sell-off influenced by weak global cues as well as HDFC Q3 results, Indian equities took a sharp knock. Sensex closed over 1600 points or 2.23 per cent lower at 71,500.76, while Nifty tanked 460.35 points to close at 21,571.95 levels.

Here are the stocks that buzzed the most today:

HDFC Bank: HDFC Bank saw the biggest drag and ended with a cut of around 8 per cent at Rs 1536.9. The drag came as even though the lender posted at par results.

RVNL:Shares of the state-run entity ended over 7 per cent higher at Rs 240.7 as the company formed a JV with PL-RVNL EPC Private Limited.

GR Infraprojects: Shares of the company ended 1 per cent higher at Rs 1151.85 as the company inked an agreement with NHAI.

PSP Projects: Shares of the company ended with a cut of 0.5 per cent at Rs 738.45 even as the company emerged as the lowest bidder for construction project worth around Rs 630 crore.

Polycab India: Shares of the cables company ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 4440.05 ahead of the company's earnings due tomorrow.

Asian Paints: The stock ended 1.67 per cent lower at Rs 3242.3 even as the company's Q3 PAT 35 per cent on year.

Steel Strips Wheels: Shares of the company ended with a cut of over 2 per cent at Rs 265.8. The company posted over 35 per cent in consolidated net profit in Q3.

IEX: IEX shares ended in the red with losses of over 10 per cent at Rs 147.25 amid market coupling fears.

ICICI Lombard: ICICI Lombard shares settled around 6 per cent higher at Rs 1455.25 amid spurt in volume in the counter.

Wipro: The IT major's stock ended 0.56 per cent lower at Rs 482.3 after its ADR also took a beating.