Led by aggressive buying in the IT pack, Indian equities marked a new high in Thursday’s volatile session. At the close, both the benchmark indices scaled their fresh closing highs, with the 50-share Nifty50 index ending 187.9 points or 0.76 per cent higher at 24,800.9, while Sensex rose 626.9 points to 81,343.5.

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Here are the stocks that remained in focus today:

LTIMindtree:

After reporting in-line Q1 results, stock of the IT services firm ended over 3 per cent higher at Rs 5,754.05.

Infosys:

Ahead of its results, the stock of Bengaluru-headquarter IT company ended higher by nearly 2 per cent at Rs 1,759.15. The stock in intra-day trade scaled its new 52-week high price.

Asian Paints:

After a dismal Q1 show, shares of the paint manufacturer ended with a cut of 1.5 per cent at Rs 2,930.45.

MTNL:

Amid a sharp spurt in trading volume in the counter, the stock ended locked in 20 per cent upper circuit at Rs 64.02 per share.

Swaraj Engines:

The stock ended higher by over 4 per cent at Rs 3,010.35 after the company’s Q1FY25 PAT jumped 5 per cent on-year.

Havells India:

Havells India shares ended with a cut of 0.7 per cent at Rs 1,861.10 even as the company’s Q1 PAT rose 43 per cent on-year.

Aurobindo Pharma:

After the company announced a share buyback worth Rs 750 crore at a price of Rs 1,460 per share, shares of the pharma major ended over 2 per cent lower at Rs 1,337.5 per share.