Among Nifty 50 stocks, 13 stocks and 37 stocks declined. Hindalco Industries Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, UPL, ONGC and JSW Steel were the top gainers. Whereas, Adani Enterprises, Tata Motors Ltd, Tech M<hindra Ltd, Britannia and Ultratech Cement were the top Nifty 50 losers.
The broader indices outperformed their larger peers, with the mid-cap gaining 0.06% while small-cap rising by 0.59% in trade. The large-cap index was largely in-line with its larger peers, losing 0.25%.
Fourteen out of the 20 sectoral measures complied by BSE Ltd. declined, with S&P BSE Information technology losing the most over 0.54%.
About 2,122 stocks rose, 1,330 fell and 197 remained unchanged on the BSE.
Source: Bloomberg, Exchanges