D-Street Newsmakers: ONGC, Trident and SMEL among 10 stocks that made headlines today

Indian equities started the second week of January on a weak note. Nifty ended 0.91 per cent lower at 21,513, while Sensex ended 0.93 per cent lower at 71,355.22. Meanwhile, broader markets and the Bank Nifty also saw corrections on Monday, January 8.

Here are the top 10 stocks that made headlines today.

Trident:

Shares of the textile company ended 18 per cent higher at Rs 48.2 after notching a 52-week high. The buying interest in the stock was led by upbeat calls on the counter.

ONGC:

Shares of the upstream company ended marginally higher at Rs 217.95, even as Prabhudas Lilladher anticipates weak operating results.

Cupid:

Shares of the company ended in the 5% upper circuit at Rs 1,381.15 after the company bagged an additional purchase order for the supply of male condoms worth Rs 6.58 crore.

GAIL:

Shares of the oil and gas company ended with a cut of around 2 per cent at Rs 160.7 as the company invested Rs 1 crore under its PANKH initiative in Nawgati.

Shyam Metalics and Energy:

The stock ended around 4 per cent lower at Rs 629.85 as the company board had approved the issue and allotment of 2.40 crore shares to 38 qualified institutional buyers at Rs 576 per share.

DLF:

Shares of the realty major ended around 1 per cent higher at Rs 784.3. The company announced a pre-launch sale of around Rs 7,200 crore from its project DLF Privana South in Gurugram.

Chambal Fertilisers:

Shares of the company ended over 1 per cent higher at Rs 378.45 as the company announced January 18 as the record date for its share buyback.

Bajaj Auto:

Shares of the auto major ended 0.25 per cent higher at Rs 6,985.7 ahead of the company’s board meeting for buyback consideration.

Bank of Baroda:

Shares of the state-run lender ended with a cut of 4 per cent after its weak Q3 business update. The stock ended at Rs 223.45.

Signature Global:

The stock logged an all-time high of Rs 1,098 intraday and ended 3 per cent higher at Rs 1,087.9 as the company’s pre-sales climbed 47 per cent year-on-year in Q3.