D-Street Newsmakers: Grasim, Asian Paints and BPCL among 10 stocks that hogged the limelight today

Stock market today: Indian equities in a highly volatile trade pared all their early losses and ended with gains amid broad-based buying. Nifty ended 0.74 per cent higher at 22,217.45.
 
Here is a look at the top stocks that made headlines today.

Paytm

Shares of the fintech company, after non-stop gains for the last four sessions, ended lower by over 1 per cent at Rs 388.8 per share. 

Hindustan Copper

Shares of the company rallied over 7 per cent to Rs 264.5 amid broad-based gains in the metal pack. 

BPCL

CLSA's sell call on BPCL with a target of Rs 450 led to a sell-off in the stock. Shares ended with a cut of over 1 per cent at Rs 626.25 apiece.

HCL Technologies

Shares of the IT shares ended with sharp gains of over 2 per cent as Nvidia in the US posted good performance. Shares of HCLTech ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 1,683.

Graphite India

Shares of the company ended over 12 per cent higher at Rs 610.3 amid a spurt in volume in the counter.

Rail Vikas Nigam

Shares of the company ended 0.38 per cent higher at Rs 261.55 as the company's JV emerged as the lowest bidder for the Rs 174 crore project.

Grasim Industries

Shares of the cement manufacturer ended 0.4 per cent higher at Rs 2201.1 as the company announced that the company targets the decorative paints market with Birla Opus.

Bharat Electronics

ICRA Ratings reaffirmed the company’s long-term rating at '[ICRA] AAA’ with a stable rating; the stock ended over 3 per cent higher at Rs 194.95.

ABB India

Shares of the company, after climbing to an all-time high, ended at Rs 5431.5, up 9 per cent. 

Asian Paints

Shares of the paints company ended at Rs 3018.55, up 0.62 per cent. This is after Jefferies maintained an 'underperform' view on the counter given the entry of Grasim Industries in the paints business.