D-Street Newsmakers: HDFC Bank, LTIMindtree, Sun Pharma among 10 stocks that hogged limelight today

Indian equities amid weak global cues and dragged by HDFC Bank continued to trade lower in Thursday’s trade (January 18, 2024). Nifty at the close, ended 0.43 per cent lower at 21479.15, while Sensex too tumbled another 0.44 per cent to 71,186.86.

Here are the stocks that were in limelight in today’s trade: 

HDFC Bank:

The lender's shares continued to slide and ended over 3 per cent lower at Rs 1489.85 after the bank’s margin concerns continued to weigh.

LTIMindtree:

Shares of the IT major ended around 11 per cent lower at Rs 5603 after the company’s weak Q3 earnings.

Sanghi Industries:

Shares of the cement company also saw a heavy sell-off and ended 10 per cent lower at Rs 120.6 per share amid spurt in volume in the counter.

Sun Pharma:

Shares of the pharma company ended around 3 per cent higher at Rs 1336.45 per share as the company is set to acquire the remaining stake in Taro.

Birla Corporation:

Shares of the company ended 1 per cent lower at Rs 1378.5 amid spurt in volume in the stock.

Indiabulls Housing:

Shares of the financier ended over 1 per cent lower at Rs 203.9 as the company’s board agreed to raise Rs 5000 crore. 

Nazara Tech:

Shares of the gaming company ended around 3 per cent lower at Rs 910.8 as the company’s board approved preferential shares issuance for amassing Rs 250 crore.

Aarti Industries:

Shares of the specialty chemicals company ended 5 per cent higher at Rs 612.3 as the company secured a contract worth Rs 6000 crore.

Sasken Technologies:

The company's stock ended around 10 per cent higher at Rs 1551 as the company launched LTE-based satellite product for critical communications during natural disasters and normal operations.

Ashok Leyland:

Shares of the company ended over 1 per cent higher at Rs 173.55 as the company bagged  an order for 1,225 Viking buses from Karnataka State Transport Undertakings.