D-Street Newsmakers: Shree Cement and Grasim Industries among 10 stocks that buzzed the most today

Indian equities ended higher for the second consecutive day led by gains in the IT pack. Nifty at the close settled higher at 52 points, or 0.24 per cent higher at 21,710.8, while Sensex added 178.58 points, or 0.25 per cent higher at 72,026. Meanwhile, broader markets continued to scale new highs, with Nifty Midcap 100 ending higher.

Here are the top 10 stocks that made headlines today:

Godrej Industries: Shares of Godrej ended over 1 per cent higher at Rs 2243.55 as the company signed a pact with the Gujarat government.

Gateway Distriparks: The stock of the logistics provider ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 110.65 has informed that the BSE levied penalty to the tune of Rs 1 lakh for noncompliance of Regulation 60(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulation”).

Supriya Lifescience: Shares of the company ended 3 per cent lower at Rs 312.6 as the company received a Good Manufacturing Practice certificate from Brazilian Authority.

Stylam Industries: Shares of the laminates company ended over 1 per cent lower at Rs 1636.15 per share. The company has  placed orders for Plant & Machinery for new laminate plant in Haryana

APL Apollo: Shares of the company ended 5 per cent higher at Rs 1523.75 per share as the company posted sales volume of 6,03,659 tonnes in Q3FY24, compared to 6,05,049 tonnes in Q3FY23 and 6,74,761 tonnes in Q2FY24.

Centrum Capital:The company's board approved buyback of up to 10 lakh fully paid-up equity shares of face value of ₹10 each at Rs 300 per equity share. Shares of the company settled 4 per cent higher at Rs 30.75 per share.

Shree Cement: Shares of the company ended with a decline of 5 per cent at Rs 27,000 despite new offerings and revamp.

Grasim Industries: Shares of the company settled 0.6 percent higher at Rs 2079.1. This is after the company has 
approved the rights issue.

Power Grid Corporation: Shares of the utility player ended with a marginal cut at Rs 241.3 even as the company has been declared as successful bidder under Tariff Based Competitive Bidding to establish Inter-State Transmission System for “Transmission Scheme for Solar Energy Zone in Bidar (2500 MW), Karnataka” on Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis.

BEML: The PSU stock ended 7 per cent higher at Rs 3090.45 following receipt of contract from the Defence Ministry.