INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Midcaps and smallcaps were outperforming Sensex in Monday's session of trade.
Around 11:05 am, the BSE Midcap index was 0.64
per cent up at 16,990, while the BSE Smallcap index was 0.56 per cent up at 17,290
The BSE Sensex was 0.21 per cent up at 38,725 around that time
Shares of Vakrangee (up 3.75 per cent), Ashok Leyland (up 3.44 per cent), Natco Pharma (up 3.37 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (up 3.24
per cent) and Union Bank of India (up 3.18 per cent) were among the top gainers in the midcap index.
However, Piramal Enterprises (down 2.82
per cent), Larsen Toubro Infotech (down 1.67 per cent), The Ramco Cements (down 1.33 per cent), GMR Infrastructure (down 0.95 per cent) and
United Breweries (down 0.94 per cent) were among the top losers in the midcap index around the same time
Hikal (up 13.60 per cent), Goodricke Group (up 12.70 per cent), Network 18 Media Investments (up 10.94 per cent), West Coast Paper Mills
(up 8.87 per cent) and Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) (up 8.09 per cent) were among the top gainers in the smallcap index.
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Industries (down 7.04 per cent), Techno Electric Engineering Company (down 5.17 per cent), Ricoh India (down 4.99 per cent), Videocon
Industries (down 4.98 per cent) and Diamond Power Infrastructure (down 4.83 per cent) were among the top losers in the smallcap index around
the same time.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red
In the Sensex kitty of stocks, 22 were advancing, while 9 were declining.
Wipro, Sun Pharma and Adani Ports were leading among Sensex
