ultratech cement: Stock market update: Top Nifty gainers and losers of Monday's session

collected by :Haron Adler

as declared in As many as 30 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE today, but 53 touched their 52-week lows. NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Ultratech Cement and Mahindra & Mahindra emerged as the top gainers in the Nifty index on Monday.On the other hand, HDFC Bank, Infosys, HCL Technologies, HDFC, Bajaj Finance and Adani Ports and SEZ stood as the top losers in the Nifty index.Indian stock market continued its record-setting spree on Monday, as gains in ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries , State Bank of India and Axis Bank drove Sensex to its fresh all-time peak of 37,533.50 and Nifty to 11,328.10.The Sensex closed at fresh record high of 37,494, gaining 158 points, or 0.42 per cent.The Nifty settled at its fresh peak of 11,320, up by 41 points, or 0.37 per cent.In the Nifty pack, 27 stocks settled in the green and 23 in the red.All sectors, but Nifty IT, settled with gains on Monday.Infosys, HCL Technologies and Wipro dragged Nifty IT index 0.67 per cent down.Nifty PSU Bank index surged 4.30 per cent on robust gains in most components. Bank of Baroda surged over 10 per cent, whereas Punjab National Bank and State Bank of India jumped 4.39 per cent and 3.40 per cent, respectively.Shares of Bank of Baroda surged after its net profits more than doubled in the first quarter of the current fiscal year as it reported higher interest income and saw a dip in provisions for bad loans.As many as 30 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE today, but 53 touched their 52-week lows.

Auto stocks: Stock market update: Auto stocks mixed; M&M, Tata Motors up, but Eicher Motors suffers

In the Sensex kitty, 19 stocks were advancing, while 12 were declining. NEW DELHI: Auto stocks were trading mixed in afternoon trade on Monday.The BSE Auto index was trading flat at 24,267 around 12:30 pm.Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) (up 1.84 per cent), Motherson Sumi Systems (up 1.34 per cent) and Tata Motors (up 0.97 per cent) were the top gainers in the auto index.Bosch (up 0.37 per cent), Balkrishna Industries (up 0.34 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (up 0.18 per cent), Bajaj Auto (up 0.15 per cent) and Exide Industries (up 0.11 per cent) too were in the green.On the other hand, TVS Motor Company (down 2.49 per cent), Bharat Forge (down 1.86 per cent), MRF (down 1.82 per cent) and Eicher Motors (down 1.41 per cent) were the top losers in the auto index.Maruti Suzuki India (down 0.52 per cent), Apollo Tyres (down 0.43 per cent) and Cummins India (down 0.15 per cent) too were in the red.Stock market was reflecting cautious sentiment ahead of RBI policy meet.Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 55 points at 37,392, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 10 points at 11,288.In the Sensex kitty, 19 stocks were advancing, while 12 were declining.ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Vedanta were leading among Sensex gainers.HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro and Infosys were among the top losers in the Sensex pack.

telecom stocks: Stock market update: Idea Cellular, Bharti Airtel keep telecom index up

As it stated in ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Vedanta were leading among Sensex gainers. NEW DELHI: Gains in GTL (up 5.64 per cent), Idea Cellular (up 2.75 per cent), Bharti Airtel (up 2.24 per cent) and Himachal Futuristic Communications (up 1.96 per cent) were keeping the telecom pack in the positive territory in Monday's trade.The BSE Telecom index was trading 1.14 per cent up at 1,169 around 12:50 pm.Shares of GTPL Hathway (up 1.43 per cent), OnMobile Global (up 1.19 per cent), Tata Communications (up 1.14 per cent), ITI (up 0.99 per cent) and Aksh Optifibre (up 0.53 per cent) were also trading with gains.However, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (down 3.70 per cent), GTL Infrastructure (down 2.10 per cent), Reliance Communications (down 1.14 per cent), Tejas Networks (down 0.56 per cent), Sterlite Technologies (down 0.15 per cent) and Bharti Infratel (down 0.14 per cent) were suffering losses.Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 70 points at 37,406, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 15 points at 11,294.In the Sensex kitty, 21 stocks were advancing, while 10 were declining.ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Vedanta were leading among Sensex gainers.HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro and Infosys were among the top losers in the Sensex pack.

Aurobindo Pharma: Stock market update: Aurobindo Pharma, Lupin drive pharma pack up

Cadila Healthcare and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries were also in the green in the index. NEW DELHI: Shares of Divi's Laboratories (up 2.46 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.39 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 2.16 per cent) and Lupin (up 2.05 per cent) were witnessing decent gains in Monday's session.The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.76 per cent up at 9,107 around 11:15 am.Cadila Healthcare (up 1.75 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.95 per cent) were also in the green in the index.However, Biocon (down 0.61 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.42 per cent), Cipla (down 0.41 per cent) and Piramal Enterprises (down 0.16 per cent) were among the losers in the index around that time.Equity benchmarks were trading almost flat ahead of RBI policy meet.Global cues too were subdued ahead of key central bank, including Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve meetings, scheduled this week.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 6 points at 11,284, while the BSE Sensex was up 26 points at 37,363.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.HPCL, State Bank of India, Vedanta, ONGC and Lupin were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.Wipro, Grasim Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Adani Ports and HDFC Bank were leading among the Nifty losers.