Amid dovish commentary by the US Federal Reserve coupled with other favourables such as an upgrade to India's growth forecast and softening of the crude oil price, Indian equities hit a fresh high in Thursday's session. Nifty at the close ended 256 points or 1.23 per cent higher at 21,182.7, while Sensex zoomed 929.6 points or 1.34 per cent and closed at 70,514.2. Meanwhile, Nifty Bank also ended over 1 per cent higher after logging a fresh high during the day. 

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Here are the 10 stocks that caught investors' attention on Thursday:

NBCC: Shares of the construction company ended 3 per cent higher at Rs 82.52 as the company bagged Rs 1500 crore project management consultancy contract.

IRCTC:Shares of the railway entity settled 1.6 per cent higher at Rs 790.7 after it announced expansion in the non-railway cateroing business.

Swan Energy: Amid outperformance of the realty pack, shares of the real estate development company ended 8 per cent higher at Rs 501.05.

Mastek: Shares of the IT consulting firm ended 6.5 per cent higher at Rs 2577.5 as the US Federal Reserve's dovish tone charged IT stocks.

Wardwizard Foods: Shares of the food products company ended over 6 per cent higher at Rs 31.9 after the firm signed an MoU with the Gujarat government for expanding its food manufacturing capabilities in the state.

Jindal Saw: Shares of the company settled with over 1 per cent gains at Rs 435.45 after the company's board approved fundraising up to Rs 1000 crore.

Infibeam Avenues: Shares of the fintech firm ended a tad higher at Rs 22.41 even as it informed about its foray into the capital market tech space.

Jupiter Wagons: Shares of the commercial vehicles company settled with 4.5 per cent gains at Rs 329.15 after it bagged an order from the Ministry of Railways for the manufacture and supply of 4,000 numbers of BOXNS wagons.

Vedanta: Shares of the diversified metals company ended 0.6 per cent higher at Rs 254.75 as the company's board will mull over the second dividend on December 18.

Fusion Micro Finance: Shares of the microfinance company ended with 6 per cent gains at Rs 595.85 after private equity firm Warburg Pincus offloaded its holding in the company.