Nifty 50 Top Gainers, Losers On May 23: Eternal, Jio Finance To Sun Pharma, Grasim

Eternal Ltd., HDFC Life Insurance Co., Jio Financial Services Ltd., Power Grid Corp. and ITC Ltd. were among top gainers of the NSE Nifty 50 on Friday.

Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Grasim Industries Ltd., and Bharat Electronics Ltd. were among the biggest laggards.

Eternal recovered from a rough journey and closed 3.72% higher at Rs 237.55 apiece. It rose as high as 5.10% during the day. The next best performer was HDFC Life, closing 3.25% high at Rs 780.40 apiece. Bajaj Auto also closed high, closing in the green at Rs 281.75, 2.62% higher.

Power Grid and ITC were also among the winners on Friday.

On the other hand, Sun Pharma emerged as the biggest loser slumping 2.04% to close at Rs 1,683.60 apiece. During the day, it fell 4.78% lower to touch Rs 1,636.60 apiece. Grasim was also among the worst performers and closed 0.57% at Rs 2,659.40 apiece.

The benchmark equity indices closed higher on Friday after a day's respite amid volatility in the domestic stock markets.

The NSE Nifty 50 closed 243.45 points, or 0.99% higher at 24,853 and the BSE Sensex ended 769 points, or 0.95% higher at 81,721.