Top Gainers and Losers Today: Market Highlights for 1 August 2024
On August 1, 2024, the Indian stock market had a day of mixed results. It hit a high of 25,078.3 and a low of 24,956.4 before ending the day at 24,951.15, up by 0.24%.
A Look at the Market
On the other hand, the Sensex moved between 82,129.49 and 81,700.21. It ended the day 0.15% higher, at 81,741.34, which was 126.21 points higher than when it started.
How the Major Indices Perform
The Nifty Midcap 50 performed worse than the Nifty 50, ending the day 0.93% lower. With a close of 19,137.65, the Nifty Small Cap 100 was down 187.7 points, or 0.98%. The Nifty 50 has gone up 2.51 percent in the last week, 3.63 percent in the last month, 10.47 percent in the last three months, 15.31 percent in the last six months, and a huge 26.7 percent in the last year.
Who won the Nifty 50?
Power Grid Corporation of India was the biggest winner in the Nifty 50, with a 3.70 percent rise. Some other companies that did very well were Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (up 2.26%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (up 2.04%), and Shriram Finance (up 1.95%).
Top Nifty 50 Losers
The worst-performing stock in the Nifty 50 was Mahindra & Mahindra, which fell by 2.73 percent. Hero Motocorp (down 2.12%), Tata Steel (down 1.37%), State Bank of India (down 1.12%), and Tata Motors (down 1.06%) were some of the other big winners.
Performance by sector
During the day, the Bank Nifty hit a high of 51,877.15 and a low of 51,456.2 before ending the day at 51,553.4. Bank Nifty saw a 1.34% rise last week, but a 1.91% drop over the past month. It went up by 4.75 percent in the last three months and 11.6 percent in the last six months. The Bank Nifty has increased by 13.11 percent over the past year.
Well-Known Performers in Other Indices
Lupin, HDFC Asset Management Company, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial, Balkrishna Industries, and NMDC were some of the companies that did the best in the Nifty MidCap 50. Gujarat Gas Company, Aditya Birla Capital, Godrej Properties, and ACC were the companies that lost the most money.
Important people in BSE and NSE
It was IFB Industries (up 9.61%), Capri Global Capital (up 7.87%), Hitachi Energy India (up 6.83%), PCBL (up 6.61%), and SIS (up 6.45%) that did the best on the BSE. Clara Industries (down 9.60%), Aegis Logis (down 7.36%), KRBL (down 7.35%), Hikal (down 6.46%), and Teamlease Services (down 6.24%) were our top five losses.
While the NSE was going up, Hitachi Energy India went up by 6.83%, PCBL went up by 6.64%, Lloyds Metals & Energy went up by 6.36%, and Aster DM Healthcare went up by 6.09%. It was Sonata Software (down 9.87%), KRBL (down 7.44%), Aegis Logis (down 7.35%), Birlasoft (down 4.83%), and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (down 4.64%) that lost the most money.
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