D-Street Newsmakers: M&M, Paytm and NBCC among 10 counters that hogged the limelight today

Indian equities on Wednesday, February 14, recovered from the day’s low and ended in the green despite weak global cues amid buying in banking and metal stocks. Nifty ended at 21,840.05, up 96.8 points, or 0.45 per cent. Meanwhile, broader indices outperformed, with healthy gains of over 1 per cent.

Here are the 10 stocks that hogged the limelight in trade today.

M&M:

Shares of the auto major ended 1 per cent higher at Rs 1,661.95 as the company posted a jump of 61 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in Q3 profit.

Paytm:

Shares of the payments company continued to languish and ended locked in a 10 per cent lower circuit at Rs 342.35.

Tata Power:

Shares of the utility company ended 2.5 per cent higher at Rs 374.25 after the company’s subsidiary inked a PDA with Tata Communications.

Prestige Estates:

Shares of the realty company ended with a cut of 4 per cent at Rs 1,099 as the company’s Q3 earnings disappointed.

Nuvama Wealth:

Shares of the stockbroking and allied services company ended over 13 per cent higher at Rs 3,870 as the company reported a PAT of Rs 176 crore in Q3.

L&T Technology Services:

Shares of the company ended lower amid a drag in the Nifty IT index after overnight steep losses in the tech-heavy Nasdaq index. L&T Tech declined over 3 per cent and ended at Rs 5,425.

NALCO:

Shares of the company ended 9 per cent higher at Rs 155.4 amid decent gains in its index.

Indian Bank:

Amid healthy gains in the Nifty PSU Bank that emerged as the sectoral outlier, Indian Bank shares ended higher by over 6 per cent at Rs 866.85.

OMCs:

HPCL and BPCL shares also rallied by up to 8 per cent in trade today. BPCL shares rallied very close to their 52-week high price of Rs 635.35.

NBCC:

Shares of the construction company ended locked in at 5 per cent upper circuit at Rs 130.75 as the company posted good quarterly performance in Q3.