D-Street Newsmakers: Honasa Consumer, BPCL, SBI among 10 stocks that hogged limelight

Indian equities, after a positive start, paused their rally after hitting a new high on the Nifty in intra-day trade. At the close, Sensex ended with a cut of 0.02 per cent at 73,142.8. Nifty, too, slipped 0.02 per cent and settled at 22,212.7.

Here are the stocks that saw the most action today:

BPCL:

After phenomenal gains over the last few months, share of the OMC ended lower by over 1 per cent at Rs 617.95 on several downgrades.

Maruti Suzuki:

Macquarie sees threat to the company's entry segment cars and hence its share price saw declined by over 1 per cent to Rs 11535.6.

Welspun Living:

Shares of the company ended 4 per cent higher at Rs 161.2 amid a spur in volume.

Prataap Snacks:

Shares of the company ended 6 per cent lower at Rs 1152.2 as the company denied report of stake purchase by ITC.

Honasa Consumer:

Shares of the company ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 444.85 as Citi initiated a buy call on the counter.

Kalyani Steels:

Shares of the company ended 1.5 per cent higher at Rs 831.55 as the company inked an MoU with Odisha government.

SBI:

Shares of the state-run lender ended with a cut of 0.9 per cent at Rs 759.05 as Goldman Sachs downgraded SBI and other financial stocks.

Phoenix Mills:

Shares of the realty  player ended with over 3 per cent higher at Rs 2905 as the Realty index climbed 1 per cent.

Vodafone Idea:

Shares of the debt-ridden telecom major ended 8 per cent higher at Rs 17.55 on the company's fundraising plans.

Sona BLW Precision:

Shares of the auto ancillary company ended 6 per cent higher at Rs 648.9 as the company became the first to get PLI certificate.