610 stocks freeze at upper circuits; Siyaram Silk, SML Isuzu zoom 20%

Siyaram Silk Mills, SML Isuzu, Kitex Garments, Ujjivan Financial Services and Equitas Holdings from the S&P BSE Allcap index were locked 20 per cent upper circuit on the BSE

Shares of as many as 610 stocks, most of them from the smallcap space, were locked at their respective upper circuits on the BSE, in an otherwise subdued market, on Monday. Propelled by this, the S&P BSE SmallCap index hit a new high of 26,168 in the intra-day trade today.

At 3:08 PM, the index was up 0.83 per cent, as compared to 0.49 per cent gain in the S&P BSE MiCap index but 0.02 per cent decline in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex.

Individually, Siyaram Silk Mills, SML Isuzu, Kitex Garments, Ujjivan Financial Services and Equitas Holdings