NEW DELHI: Euphoria ruled Dalal Street on Monday as the equity benchmarks scaled record highs on GST rate cuts and the governments easy win in the no-trust motion in Parliament last week.
The SP BSE Sensex rose 222 points to end at a fresh closing peak of 36,718, while the 50-share Nifty pack gained 74.55 points to end at a six-month high of 11,084.
Nifty50 is now less than 100 points away from its all-time high.The advance-decline ratio stood at 3:2.
Yet, over 200 stocks hit their one-year lows.
Volatility index India Vix eased over 4 per cent to 12.95.
Nifty Bank held above 27,000.In todays post-market assessment, we bring you - Buzzing stocks; Insider trade details; Block deals; Volume gainers MCXBuzzing stocks UPL ended nearly 15 per cent higher at Rs 631.65 apiece on BSE after the company unit UPL Corporation signed a definitive agreement with Platform Specialty Products Corporation to acquire Arysta LifeScience.
for approximately $4.2 billion in cash consideration.VST Industries rises on Q1 nosThe stock gained 14 per cent to Rs 2,845 per share after the company's net profit rose 53.9 per cent to Rs 61.24 crore for June quarter.
GST booster for Bata IndiaThe footwear stock hit a record high of Rs 905.40 in the intraday trade after the GST Council slashed tax rates on footwear costing up to Rs 1,000 to 5 per cent from 12 per cent, earlier.
The stock ended at Rs 900.90 apiece on BSE.Q1 earnings lift Havells IndiaThe stock hit a record high in the intraday trade after a 73 per cent jump in June-quarter net profit.
At close, shares gained 9 per cent to settle at Rs 610.60 apiece on BSE.MCX under Sebi lensAccording to an ETNOW report, Sebi has begun preliminary probe into recent price volatility in the MCX stock.
It has sought trading details of MCX from the stock exchanges.
The regulator will probe if any market cartel was trying to influence the counter.
The stock shut shop 3.75 per cent down at Rs 768 apiece on BSE.
Block deals lift BoBBank of Baroda ended over 4 per cent higher after 11.4 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
GMR Infra added 3 per cent to settle at Rs 18.40 after 5.34 crore shares changed hands in four block deals.
@52-week lowsDespite the equity benchmarks rising to record highs, as many as 250 stocks hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
Prominent among them include Bajaj Auto, Balaji Telefilms, Apollo Hospitals, Amtek Auto and 8K Miles Software Services.
Most active stocks in terms of volumePC Jewellers, South Indian Bank, GMR Infra, Reliance Communications, Adani Power and Ashok Leyland were the most active stocks in terms of volume.
Spurt in open interestIdea Cellular witnessed the biggest spurt in open interest contracts at 42.15 per cent, followed by South Indian Bank (41.90 per cent) and Havells India (37.65 per cent).
Insider Trade at CiplaBSE data showed Ajay R Dixit, Chandru Chawla and Jinesh Chauhan, employees of Cipla, acquired a total of 23,232 equity shares via ESOP.
Centrum ESPS Trust, the trust of Centrum Capital, acquired a total of 46,000 shares.