Top Gainers & Losers: NTPC jumps, Sun Pharma falls the most among blue-chip stocks
Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 finished a volatile session on Tuesday just below the flatine. The Sensex lost 18.8 points for the day to end at 60,672.72 and the Nifty50 settled at 17,826.7, down 17.9 points from its previous close.
Top Gainers & Losers: Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 finished largely unchanged with a negative bias on Tuesday. Globally, investors stayed on the back foot ahead of the release of the minutes of the FOMC's first policy review of 2023. The Sensex shed 18.8 points to settle at 60,672.7 and the Nifty slipped 17.9 points to end at 17,826.7.
Barring the Nifty FMCG and the Nifty Financial Services, all of NSE's sectoral indices closed in the red. In the Nifty50 basket, NTPC, Britannia and Tata Steel were the top gainers, whereas Adani Enterprises, Apollo Hospitals and Coal India were the top losers.
Here are some of the blue-chip stocks that made the biggest moves on February 21:
NTPC
NTPC gained three per cent to end at Rs 173.4 apiece on NSE — emerging the top gainer in both the Sensex and Nifty50 universes.
Britannia Industries rose more than one per cent to Rs 4,506 apiece. The FMCG major's stock was among the top blue-chip gainers of the day.
Sun Pharma shares climbed up about 1.5 per cent to end at Rs 971.4 apiece on BSE, and were among the top laggards in the 30-scrip basket.
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