D-Street Newsmakers: Vodafone Idea, Mahindra and Mahindra and Tata Motors among 7 stocks that hogged limelight today
Indian equities ahead of the stock market holiday on Monday due to Bakri Id ended at fresh closing highs in Friday's session amid broad-based gains.
Domestic equity benchmarks finished at record closing highs on Friday (June 14) amid broad-based buying. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 181.87 points or 0.24 per cent to settle at record 76,992.77.NSE Nifty rallied 66.7 points or 0.29 per cent to settle at a record 23,465.6, after scaling a fresh all-time high of 23,490.4.
Here are the stocks that saw action today:
Tata Motors
Tata Motors shares ended higher by nearly 1 per cent at Rs 993.40 after leading rating agencies such as CRISIL Ratings, ICRA Ratings, and S&P Global Ratings either maintained or raised the blue chip automaker's long-term ratings.
ICICI Lombard
ICICI Lombard shares ended over 4 per cent higher at Rs 1730.10 after the general insurer registered 21.6 per cent on-year growth in premium in the previous month.
Endurance Technologies
Endurance Technologies stock after logging an all-time high in intra-day trade ended over 6 per cent higher at Rs 2695 as the company gave strong guidance for its business segments.
Mphasis
Shares of the IT company ended over 2 per cent lower at Rs 2,406 amid losses in the entire IT pack.
Mahindra and Mahindra
Shares of the automaker after clinching a new 52-week high in intraday trade ended over 2 per cent higher at Rs 2927. Amid sharp gains, M&M has now become the country's second most valuable auto company.
Zydus Lifesciences
Shares of the company settled at Rs 1110.95, up nearly 2 per cent after it received a tentative approval from the USFDA for blood pressure lowering drug.
Vodafone Idea
Shares ended over 4 per cent higher at Rs 16.73 as the telecom operator decided to offer a Rs 2,458-crore stake to its key long-term vendors Nokia Solutions and Networks India, and Ericsson India to partially clear some of the outstanding dues.