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It was a week of consolidation for the domestic equity market, as rising crude oil prices kept market participants cautious during the past five sessions.
BSE benchmark Sensex slipped marginally by 73 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 39,067 on April 26 from 39,140 on April 18.
Nifty added marginally 1.90 points, or 0.02 per cent to 11,754.
Below are the top stocks and sectors that created buzz on Dalal Street through the week:
Stocks that rallied up to 22%As many as 18 stocks on the BSE500 index managed to deliver over 5 per cent returns to investors during the week gone by.
They included Bank of Maharashtra (up 21.84 per cent), Indiabulls Real Estate (21.06 per cent), KPR Mill (12.66 per cent), Gruh Finance (9.36 per cent) and GHCL (9.14 per cent).
357 scrips that crackedMore than 71 per cent of stocks on the BSE500 eroded investor wealth in last five sessions.
Reliance Communications dipped 20.91 per cent, followed by Eveready Industries (17.39 per cent), HEG (15.51 per cent), PC Jeweller (14.53 per cent) and Bharti Infratel (11.51 per cent).
Deepak Fertilisers, Edelweiss Financial Services, Adani Power, Infibeam Avenues, Reliance Power, Graphite India and Piramal Enterprises were among other stocks that slipped 9 per cent or more during the week.
IPO update: Good show by NeogenThe public offer by Neogen Chemicals got robust response from market as the issue was subscribed 41.18 times on the final day of bidding on Friday.
The Rs 132 crore initial public offering (IPO) received bids for 17,82,51,580 shares against the total issue size of 43,29,038 shares, according to NSE data at the end of Friday.
Top Nifty gainers and losersUltraTech Cement (up 8.22 per cent) emerged a top gainer in the Nifty pack for the week ended April 26.
It was followed by Grasim Industries (up 5.33 per cent), ONGC (up 4.86 per cent), TCS (up 4.12 per cent) and UPL (up 3.89 per cent).
On the other hand, Bharti Infratel (down 11.17 per cent), Tata Motors (down 8.74 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (down 8.12 per cent) and Indiabulls Housing Finance were among the top losers.
Stocks @fresh all-time highsAs many as 13 stocks on the BSE500 hit their fresh all-time highs during the week.
They included blue-chips like Reliance Industries, Titan Company, UPL and HCL Technologies besides others like Bajaj Finserv, SRF, DCB Bank, Bata India, Vinati Organics, Info Edge, Grindwell Norton and Maharashtra Scooters.
Scrips at fresh life lowsOn the BSE500 index, Advanced Enzyme, Reliance Power, Reliance Communications, Navkar Corporation, Vodafone Idea, Dishman Carbogen Amcis touched new all-time lows.
Sectoral update: IT on a highA subdued rupee helped the BSE IT index log gains during the week.
The index jumped 3.12 per cent to 16,044 on April 26 from 15,559 on April 18.
The BSE Teck and Oil Gas indices rallied over 1 per cent each.
On the other hand, subdued quarterly number from auto majors made the BSE Auto index to plummet 5.13 per cent to 19,164 from 20,201 during the same period.
Telecom, Metal and Realty indices lost over 2 per cent each for the week.
Second-rung stocks stumbleMidcap and smallcap stocks continued to underperform largecaps during the week.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices slipped up to 2.07 per cent during the week with ZF Steering, Eveready Industries, HEG, PC Jeweller, Siyaram Silk Mills falling between 14 and 21 per cent.
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