Indian equities in a choppy session amid the ongoing earnings season ended lower for the third consecutive day. Nifty closed below 26,450 levels, while Sensex gave up nearly 140 points.

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Here are the stocks that remained in focus in today's session (October 23)

Zomato:

Shares of the food delivery services firm ended 3 per cent higher at Rs 263.85 per share even as the company hiked platform fee from Rs 6 to Rs 10 in October.

Bajaj Finance:

As most global brokerage reaffirmed their positive stance on Bajaj Finance, its shares ended 5 per cent higher at Rs 7,007.95 per share.

TVS Motor:

After posting the highest-ever operating revenue of Rs. 9,228 crore, a 13 per cent year-on-year growth, shares of the 2-wheeler major ended with a cut of nearly 3 per cent at Rs 2,582 per share.

SBI Life Insurance:

After the company's Q2 earnings, shares of the state-run insurer ended 0.64 per cent higher at Rs 1,710 apiece on the BSE.

ITC:

Ahead of its earnings tomorrow, shares of the cigarette-to-hotels company ended mildly lower at Rs 480.55. Zee Business research estimates EBITDA margin at the company to slip by 120 bps during Q2.

Paytm:

Shares of the payments company ended over 8 per cent higher at Rs 745 as the company received NPCI's go-ahead for onboarding new UPI users.

Persistent Systems:

After posting stellar Q2 results, the stock in intra-day trade hit its all-time high and ended 11 per cent higher at Rs 5,717.7 per share.

Godrej Properties:

Shares of the realty company ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 2,969.8 as the company's Q2 PAT zoomed to Rs 335 crore.