Bharat Seats, Symphony, Niva Bhupa among stocks witnessing a spurt in volumes today

Amid a volatile session, the Indian stock market was trading flat on Thursday, May 8, during the intraday period amid geopolitical tensions.

At 1:25 PM, the S&P BSE SENSEX was trading at the 80,674.57 level, falling 72.21 points, or 0.09%, while the NSE's NIFTY50 index declined 50.50 points, or 0.21%, to 24,363.90.

On the NIFTY50 index, Axis Bank, Trent, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Titan and HCL Technologies were the top contributors during the day, surging as much as 1.45%.

Eternal, Tata Consumer Products, Mahindra & Mahindra, Eicher Motors and ONGC were the top losing stocks, declining as much as 3.81%.

Among the high-volume buzzers, counters of Bharat Seats, Symphony Limited, Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company, Union Mutual Fund and Shriram Pistons & Rings Limited topped the charts.

A volume in the stock volume is the number of shares traded in a specific period. A spurt in volume means the stock is witnessing a lot of interest or activity happening around the equity market.

Market investors use this metric to determine their interest in a stock.

Bharat Seats’ counter witnessed the highest spurt in trading volumes. According to the National Stock Exchange data, the number of Bharat Seats shares that changed hands on Thursday was already over 30.59 times higher than the daily average on the stock counter.  

Shares of Bharat Seats were trading higher for the second consecutive day after the company reported a 42% increase in net profit during the March quarter to ₹11.4 crore, compared to ₹8 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The stock was up 11.41% at ₹100.7 apiece on NSE at the time of writing this article.

Counter of Symphony Limited saw 30.59 times higher trading volume than the daily average. One of the leading multinational electronics and home appliances companies in India reported a strong set of numbers for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (Q4 FY25) as well as the fiscal year 2024-25.

In the early trades, shares of the company rallied as much as 12.33% on the NSE. Symphony shares were trading at ₹1,282.50 apiece in the afternoon session, surging 6.88%.

Further, counters of Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company, Union Mutual Fund and Shriram Pistons & Rings were higher by 25.04, 22.44 and 22.06 times than the daily average.

Shares of health insurer Niva Bupa Health rose over 13% on Thursday after the company released its financial results for the March FY25 quarter. The company recorded a 31.2% increase in its standalone profit after tax to ₹206.08 crore for Q4 FY25.

Volumes at the Laxmi Cotspin counter were 20.03 times higher than the daily average; however, the Shankara Building Products counter witnessed 15.42 times higher volume than the daily average.

Again, counters of Nahar Industrial Enterprises and Aegis Logistics marked 14.70 and 13.25 times higher volume than the daily average, respectively. Volumes at Incredible Industries counters were 11.77 times higher than the daily average.