D-Street Newsmakers: Voltas, Prestige Estate Projects and Marico among 10 stocks that made headlines today

Indian equities in a volatile session ended’s Tuesday’s trade lower amid broader market sell-off. Nifty at the close settled lower by 140.2 points or 0.62 per cent at 22,302.5, while Sensex ended with a cut of 0.52 per cent or 383.69 points at 73,511.85 points. Among sectoral indices, while the FMCG pack defied the overall bearish sentiment, Realty and Metal emerged as the top laggards. Furthermor, mid and smallcaps remained under the grip of the bears which dragged the overall markets lower.

Here are the 10 stocks that buzzed in trade today:

Voltas:

Shares of the Tata Group household appliances company ended with a cut of over 4 per cent at Rs 1,383.05 ahead of its Q4 earnings due to be released today.

Dr. Reddy’s:

Shares of the pharma major ended on a flattish note at Rs 6,277.1 ahead of its Q4 results expected later today. 

Gland Pharma:

Shares of the company ended around 1 per cent lower at Rs 1,694.1 as the pharma major received approval from the USFDA for two products, Edaravone Injection and Plerixafor Injection. 

Prestige Estates Projects:

Shares of the realty company ended sharply lower at Rs 1,475, down over 5 per cent, amid profit booking in the broader realty pack.

Persistent Systems:

Shares of the IT services company ended 1 per cent lower at Rs 3,358 even as the company launched iAURA, a suite of AI-powered data solutions.

Marico:

Shares of the FMCG company ended at Rs 583.35, up nearly 10 per cent, amid sharp spurt in trading volume in the counter.

Route Mobile:

Shares of the technology services company ended at Rs 1453, down over 5 per cent as the company’s Q4 PAT declined 13 per cent on year.

Gujarat Fluorochemicals:

Shares of the specialty chemicals company settled nearly 4 per cent lower at Rs 3,518 as the company’s consolidated net profit slipped 70 per cent on year.

Godrej Consumer Projects:

Shares of the FMCG company defied the overall market weakness and settled higher by 5 per cent at Rs 1,319.25.

Graphite India:

Shares of the company ended lower by 5 per cent at Rs 615.7 as the company’s Q4 profitability dropped year-on-year to Rs 16 crore.