Bharat Electronics, Vodafone Idea, Force Motors, IndiGo hit 52-week lows

BPCL, HPCL, MRPL, Bharat Infratel, Can Fin Homes, IRB Infrastructure, South Indian Bank and Timken India were among 22 stocks from S&P BSE 500 index that touched 52-week lows in intra-day trade today.

Shares of Bharat Electronics (BEL), Vodafone Idea, Force Motors, Castrol India, InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) and Tata Communications have hit their respective 52-week lows on the BSE as the benchmark indices are trading lower for the sixth trading days.

Besides BEL, total five stocks, which include Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), Shipping Corporation of India and Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals (MRPL) are state-owned companies hit 52-week lows on Wednesday.

Among the individual stocks, BEL tanked 16% to Rs 91.50 on back of heavy volumes. A combined 93 million equity shares representing 3.8% of total equity of