NEW DELHI: Domestic equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty suffered massive opening losses on Thursday, mirroring wekness in global stocks after a scary sell-off in US stocks overnight.The NSE Nifty index was trading 307 points down at 10154, while BSE Sensex was down 1029 points at 33,732.Only ONGC, with a gain of 1.92 per cent, was up in the 30-share Sensex index at that time.
Let's take a look at stocks that plunged the most in early trade:Filtra Consultants and Engineers plunged 19.89 per cent to Rs 14.50.Walchand Peoplefirst suffered a loss of 18.57 per cent and was trading at Rs 66.45.Shalimar Wires Industries was trading at Rs 13.50, down by 18.18 per cent.Tarmat was 17.46 per cent down at Rs 26.Faze Three was 16.49 per cent down at Rs 43.05.Tejnaksh Healthcare was 16.28 per cent down at Rs 52.20.Emmessar Biotech Nutrition was 16.27 per cent down at Rs 23.15.Prime Urban Development India was trading with a loss of 15.78 per cent at Rs 10.30.Garnet International plunged 15.49 per cent to Rs 63.Shree Ajit Pulp And Paper was trading 14.11 per cent down at Rs 210.55.Axis Bank was the top loser in the Sensex basket, plunging 5 per cent.
It was followed by State Bank of India, Vedanta, YES Bank, Bharti Airtel and Tata Steel.