D-Street Newsmakers: HDFC Bank, PFC and Castrol India among 7 stocks that made headlines today
Powered by the Nifty heavyweigh, benchmark indices clocked their fresh closing peak in Wednesday's session (July 3). At the close, Sensex added 0.69 per cent ot 545.34 points and ended at 79,986.8, while Nifty ended at 0.67 per cent or 162.65 points to close at 24,286.5 points. Meanwhile, Bank Nifty after logging fresh highs ended sharply higher by 1.8 per cent.
Here are the stocks that made headlines today:
HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank shares ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 1,768.35 as weight in the MSCI index seen to double in August review.
Castrol India
Castrol India shares after clocking fresh 52-week high ended 13.5 per cent higher at Rs 243 amid spurt in trading volume in the counter.
PFC
Shares of the power financier ended at Rs 530.95, up over 5 per cent after Bernstein initiated an 'outperform' rating on the counter.
NTPC
Shares of the company ended higher by 0.62 per cent at Rs 372.6 as the company informed that in the quarter ended June power generation at the company soared 9.5 per cent on-year.
RVNL
RVNL ends higher by 1.4 per cent at Rs as the company emerged as the L1 bidder for Rs 133 crore railway project.
HUDCO
Shares of the company ended higher by 8.5 per cent at Rs 301.85 as a block deal in the counter took place towards the close of the session today.
Sundaram Clayton
Shares of the company gain 10 per cent to Rs 1,693.05 as the company's board approved to raise up to Rs 400 crore in one or more tranches.