INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authors: JordanNEW DELHI: Over 85 stocks including HCC, HPCL, Idea Cellular and IDFC Bank hit their 52-week lows level on NSE during
Centrum Capital, Chennai Petroleum Corporation, Jaypee Infratech, Mahanagar Gas, Strides Shasun and Vakrangee too featured among stocks
that hit 52-week lows on NSE during Friday's trade
Key equity indices Sensex and Nifty50 were trading in the negative territory tracking weak global cues as investors eyed the outcome of
US-China trade talks, ahead of the US jobs report.
A weak trend in other Asian bourses as investors watched the outcome of trade talks
between the US and China, ahead of the April employment data, to be released later in the day, influenced sentiments here.
The NSE Nifty
index was trading 42 points down at 10,638, while the BSE Sensex was down 134 points at 34,969 around 11:20 am (IST).
Adani Ports SEZ, ONGC
and HCL Technologies were the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.
On the contrary, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Bajaj Auto, ITC and
Infosys were among the top losers in the Nifty index.
