30% stocks dip from previous close

About 30 per cent or 870 out of the 2,907 actively traded stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange have declined from their previous day's close despite the benchmark Sensex reporting the second largest single day gain on Tuesday. The BSE Sensex rose 928.09 points to close at 16,217.49 at Tuesday's close.

Most affected were the trade to trade group stocks as 66 per cent or 95 out of 143 stocks from the T, TS and Z groups posted decline in their market prices. Of the 870 stocks, the market price of 287 stocks declined more than 5 per cent each from their previous day's level. 

SMALL-CAP BURNOUT
Price in Rs	Mar-24	Mar-25	% fall
Keltech Energies	87.00	73.00	16.09
Vardhman Holdings	170.00	152.35	10.38
IOL Netcom	155.65	140.94	9.45
Lotte India Corp	225.00	206.00	8.44
Bajaj Hind Sug	50.20	46.00	8.37
Integra Hind	184.95	172.00	7.00
Ratnamni Metals	710.00	663.05	6.61
Elantas Beck	263.89	247.00	6.40
Polychem	140.00	131.10	6.36
Kilitch Drugs	105.55	99.10	6.11

A total of 222 stocks fell in the range of 2-5 per cent and 133 stocks declined up to 2 per cent each. The market price of remaining 228 stocks remained unchanged.

About 198 stocks were frozen at the lower levels of the circuit filter, of which 121 were from the B group, 48 from the Z group, 17 from the S group, 9 from the T group and 3 from the TS group.

Most of these small-cap stocks belonged to sectors such as auto ancillaries, ceramic tiles, real estate developers, engineering, gems and jewellery, non-banking financial institutions and textile sectors.

Sun Pharmaceuticals, Sintex Industries, Financial Technologies, Asian Paints and Rajesh Exports were among the A group frontline stocks that have bucked the trend in a rising market.

Among B and S groups, stocks that have declined by over 10 per cent each are Keltech Energies Tasty Bite Eatables, Stresscrete India, Global Capital Markets, Restile Ceramics, Vardhman Holdings and Goldcrest Finance.

State Bank of Mysore (2.86 per cent), MIC Electronics (2.5 per cent), JSW Holdings (2.3 per cent), Jindal Drilling (1.83 per cent), Jain Irrigations, Take Solutions, Victoria Mills, Parry Agro and Centrum Capital (1 per cent each) are other notable stocks that have fallen by over a per cent despite a 6 per cent rise in the benchmark index.