F&O entry: Equitas, Muthoot Finance up 3%; Infibeam down 7%

Indian Bank, Dalmia Bharat, Escorts, Ujjivan, Shree Cements and PVR were up in the range of 1% to 3%

Shares of Reliance Defence and Engineering, Equitas Holdings, Muthoot Finance, InterGlobe Aviation and Capital First rallied more than 3% each following their inclusion in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) derivatives segment with effect from today.

On March 22, the NSE announced the inclusion of total 15 companies in the future & options (F&O) segment with effect from March 31, 2017.

Piramal Enterprises, Indian Bank, Dalmia Bharat, Escorts, Ujjivan Financial Services, PVR, Max Financial Services, Shree Cements and Suzlon Energy were up in the range of 1% to 3% as compared to 0.14% decline in the Nifty 50 index