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.

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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.