Gainers and Losers: Indian benchmark equity indices S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 slid for a seventh straight session on Monday, recording the longest losing run in the past five months. Local markets have followed an overall bearish trend prevailing the in global markets as concerns over aggressive rate hikes by US grow.

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Fresh foreign fund outflows and losses in IT, the Adani Group fiasco and weakness in auto and oil stocks have also dented investor sentiments.

The BSE Sensex fell by 175.58 points or 0.30 per cent to close at 59,288.35. The NSE Nifty cracked 73.10 points or 0.42 per cent to end at 17,392.70 as 33 of its stocks ended in the red.

From the NSE Nifty 50 pack, ICICI Bank, Power Grid, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Life Insurance, and State Bank Of India (SBI) were the major gainers.

On the flipside, Adani Enterprises, Bajaj Auto, UPL, Tata Steel and Infosys were among the top laggards.

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Here are some blue-chip stocks that saw maximum buzz today:

ICICI Bank 

ICICI Bank stock rallied by Rs 18.20 or 2.17 per cent at Rs 857.90 apiece on NSE.

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