Balrampur Chini, New India Assurance, TARIL shares gain amid spike in volumes; check full list

The Indian equity benchmarks continue to trade lower in afternoon deals on Monday, August 31, owing to weakness in heavyweights like HDFC Bank, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Steel and Adani Ports. The benchmarks, however, pared some losses owing to buying in ICICI Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance and Sun Pharma.

As of 1:31 pm, the SENSEX was down 267 points at 76,997 and NIFTY50 index declined 107 points to 24,070.

Trading volume on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) jumped by 15.6 times to 2.23 crore shares compared with an average volume of 14.31 lakh shares.

As many as 12.42 lakh shares changed hands on the BSE compared with an average of 1.41 lakh shares traded daily in the past two weeks.

Trading volume on the NSE jumped by 12 times to 10.05 lakh shares compared with an average volume of 81,071 shares.

A total of 50,000 shares were traded on the BSE compared with its two week average of 4,103 shares.

Trading volume on the NSE spiked by 7.1 times to 11.29 lakh shares compared with an average volume of 1.6 lakh shares.

On the BSE, a total of 4 lakh shares exchanged hands compared with two week average of 2.64 lakh shares.

Trading volume jumped by 5.3 times to 2.71 crore shares compared with an average volume of 51.19 lakh shares on the NSE.

19.76 lakh shares were traded on the BSE compared with a two week average of 5.31 lakh shares.

Transformers and reactors are essential electrical devices used in power systems to manage alternating current (AC) electricity, though they serve opposite primary functions.

The company's press release said that it has secured a large order for the supply of Generator Transformers for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’s (NPCIL) Kaiga Units 5 & 6 nuclear power project in Karnataka.

Trading volume in the stock jumped by 5.1 times to 94.99 lakh shares compared with an average volume of 18,75 lakh shares on the NSE.