Tata Steel Ltd., Shriram Finance Ltd., Hindalco Industries Ltd., Bharat Electronics Ltd. and Eternal Ltd. emerged as the top gainers of the NSE Nifty 50 on Wednesday.
Cipla Ltd., Asian Paints Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd., NTPC Ltd. and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. were among the top laggards of the Nifty.
Tata Steel was the top performer as it closed 3.93% higher at Rs 155.31 apiece. Zomato parent Eternal recovered to close 2.25% higher at Rs 236.86 per share. Shriram Finance, BEL and Hindalco were also among the winners.
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Asian Paints' shares were the worst performer for the day as it declined nearly 1.82% to close at Rs 2,282.30 apiece. Tata Motors closed 1.24% lower. Cipla, Kotak Mahindra and NTPC were also among the losers on Wednesday.
The benchmark equity indices ended the day slightly higher. The NSE Nifty 50 ended 0.36% higher at 24,666.90 and the BSE Sensex closed 0.22% up at 81,330.56.
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