D-Street Newsmakers: IT shares, NBCC, Indus Towers among stocks that hogged limelight today
Anticipating a better H2 and a cut in CRR by the Reserve Bank in its policy outcome due tomorrow, equities ended sharply higher.
Tracking positive global equities and FII comeback, indices ended sharply higher on the weekly expiry day.
Top gainers and losers: HDFC Bank
The stock after hitting new high for the past 2 days ended marginally higher and in fact managed to hit a new high for the third day in a row. The stock closed at Rs 1,862.7 per share.
Top gainers and losers: Indraprastha Gas IGL
IGL shares on the buzz around bonus share issue ended substantially higher by 6 per cent at Rs 383.45 per share.
Top gainers and losers: HEG Ltd.
The electrode make amid the block deal and the China factor ended higher for the third consecutive day. The stock closed at Rs 583.6, up 0.29 per cent.
Top gainers and losers: Indus Towers
The stock ended higher by over 1 per cent at Rs 363.5 as Vodafone PLC exited its stake from the company.
Top gainers and losers: IT stocks
Buying action was seen in the IT pack after Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments. Infosys, TCS ans LTIMindtree led the list of gainers and settled 2 per cent higher each.