D-Street Newsmakers: ITC, PNB Housing Finance, Dixon Tech among 7 stocks that hogged limelight today

Indian equities continued to drop for the fifth straight day amid relentless FII sell-off and broader markets slump. At the close, Nifty settled weak by 0.9 pr cent or 219 points at 24,180.80 points.

Here are the stocks that remained in the spotlight today:

Shriram Finance: Ahead of its Q2 results later today, shares of the NBFC major ended with a cut of nearly 4 per cent at Rs 3,117.95 apiece on the BSE.

ICICI Bank: Shares of the country's leading private sector lender ended flat with a positive bias at Rs 1,255.5. The bank is scheduled to release its Q2 earnings later tomorrow. R

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Dixon Technologies: After the Q2 beat, shares of the consumer electronics company ended over 7 per cent lower at Rs 13,930. The stock earlier in the day hit its all-time high price.

BPCL: After the announcement of its quarterly results just ahead of the market close, shares of the OMC ended nearly 5 per cent lower at Rs 305.95 per share.

ITC: As brokerages remained positive on the FMCG counter's outlook post Q2, shares of the company ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 482.1.

PNB Housing Finance: Shares of the housing finance company (HFC) after moving sharply higher in intraday trade ended over 1 per cent higher at Rs 946.85 as the company's Q2 PAT climbed 23 per cent on-year.

VST Industries: Shares of the cigarettes company ended 10 per cent lower at Rs 310.45 after its Q2 PAT fell 37 per cent on-year.