Asian Paints, Berger Paints & 16 other BSE500 stocks hit new highs

Polycab India jumped 6 per cent to hit a new high of Rs 1,109 since its listing on April 16, 2019

A total of 18 stocks from sectors as diverse as paints, tech, and financials scaled new highs on the BSE on Wednesday in an otherwise weak market.

Asian Paints and Berger Paints hit new highs. So did IT stocks HCL Technologies, L&T Infotech, and NIIT Technologies. Among financials, AU Small Finance Bank and City Union Bank hit new highs.

Apart from these, Polycab India, Ambar Enterprises, Gujarat Gas, Indraprastha Gas, Inox Leisure, Ipca Laboratories, Relaxo Footwear, SRF, Tata Global Beverages, and Trent and Tube Investments of India also hit record highs. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was