D-Street Newsmakers: Infosys, Vodafone Idea, Marksans Pharma among 10 stocks that hogged limelight today

Indian equities continued their losing streak for the third straight day amid rising geo-political tensions and possibly receding chances of an earlier rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. At the close, Nifty ended down by 124.6 points or 0.56 per cent at 22,147.9, while Sensex was dragged lower by 456.1 points or 0.62 per cent at 72,943.68. Tomorrow, markets will be shut on account of Ram Navami

Here are the 10 stocks that remained in limelight today:

VST Industries:

Shares of the company ended 1 per cent higher at Rs 3720.8 as RK Damani bought 233,766 shares in the company.

Marksans Pharma:

Shares of the company ended over 13 per cent higher at Rs 176.7 apiece on the BSE.

ONGC:

Shares of the upstream oil company ended over 1 per cent higher at Rs 283.15 even as the centre hiked windfall gains tax on crude petroleum.

Honasa Consumer:

Shares of the company ended 4 per cent lower at Rs 380.15 amid a spurt in volume in the counter.

Sasken Tech:

Shares of the company ended 3 per cent higher at Rs 1566.15 as the company inked a pact with Joynext.

Veranda Learning:

Shares of the company ended 1 per cent higher at Rs 193.15 as the company established a strategic association with Pearson.

Ugro Capital:

Shares of the company ended 3 per cent higher at Rs 264.05 as the company’s AUM soared 48 per cent on year.

Infosys:

Shares of the IT company ended 4 per cent lower at Rs 1414.45 ahead of its earnings on April 18.

Bharti Hexacom:

Shares of the company ended 12 per cent higher at Rs 903.5 after Jefferies initiated buy on the stock.

Vodafone Idea:

Shares of the company ended with a cut of 1.5 per cent at Rs 12.95 ahead of the launch of the company’s FPO on April 18.