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Piramal Pharma, United Breweries, Syngene shares surge amid spike in volumes; check full list

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By Abhishek Vasudev

4 min read | Updated on October 28, 2026, 14:10 IST

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SUMMARY

Trading volume in Piramal Pharma jumped by 37.5 times to 9.61 crore shares compared with its average volume of 25.62 lakh shares on the National Stock Exchange.

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United Breweries shares advanced 15% to an intraday high of ₹1,316. | Image: Shutterstock

The Indian equity benchmarks staged a partial recovery in noon deals on Wednesday, October 28, led by gains in Larsen & Toubro, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India, Axis Bank and Mahindra & Mahindra. However, the markets remained in the negative territory owing to weakness in Reliance Industries, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank and TCS.

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As of 1:33 pm, the SENSEX was down 278 points to 73,320 and NIFTY50 index advanced 22 points to 22,727.

Here are shares witnessing heavier than usual trading activity:
Piramal Pharma: Shares of the Mumbai-based drugmaker advanced as much as 18% to hit a fresh 52-week high of ₹234.35 after it returned to profit in September quarter from a loss in the year-ago period.

The pharma company posted a net profit of ₹6 crore for the July-September quarter (Q2 FY27) as compared to a net loss of ₹99 crore logged in the same period last year.

The company’s revenue from operations jumped 28% in Q2 FY27 to ₹2,617 crore as compared to ₹2,044 crore on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, driven by strong performance across all three businesses.

Trading volume in the stock jumped by 37.5 times to 9.61 crore shares compared with its average volume of 25.62 lakh shares on the National Stock Exchange.

United Breweries: Shares of the Kingfisher beer maker advanced 15% to an intraday high of ₹1,316 after its net profit of ₹136 crore in the second quarter of current financial year, marking an increase of 190% from ₹47 crore in the same period last year.

Its revenue from operations advanced 24% to ₹4,621 crore at the end of September quarter compared with ₹3,736 crore in the year-ago period.

United Breweries reported strong operational performance as its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) also known as operating profit jumped 100% to ₹260 crore from ₹130 crore.

Trading volume spiked by 35.2 times to 39.77 lakh shares compared with average volume of 1.13 lakh shares on the NSE.

Syngene International: Shares of the pharma research company advanced 12% to ₹412.35 amid spike in trading activity.

Trading volume jumped 17 times to 1.15 crore shares compared with an average volume of 6.77 lakh shares.

As many as 8.91 lakh shares changed hands on the BSE compared with an average of 1.37 lakh shares traded daily in the past two weeks.

AWL Agri Business: Shares AWL Agri Business, formerly known as Adani Wilmar, dropped as much as 9.5% to hit a fresh 52-week low of ₹159.65 after it reported net profit of ₹239 crore in July-September period post market hours on Tuesday, marking a decline of 2.3% from ₹245 crore in the same period last year. Decline in profit came on the back of higher expenses during the quarter and one-time tax expense.

The marginal decline in PAT was primarily attributable to minimum corporate tax computed on revenue of Bangladesh subsidiary under local regulations, which impacted consolidated tax expenses during the quarter, the company said.

Trading volume jumped 8.3 times to 97.67 lakh shares compared with an average volume of 11.79 lakh shares.

PG Electroplast: Shares of the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company advanced 8.65% to ₹543.25 a day after the firm reported a fourfold jump in its net profit for the second quarter for the current fiscal year.

The company reported a consolidated net profit of ₹14 crore for the July-September quarter (Q2 FY27), marking a growth of 353% from ₹3 crore logged in the same period last year.

The Noida-based company’s revenue from operations rose 43% in the Q2 FY27 period to ₹934 crore from ₹655 crore in the year-ago period.

Trading volume jumped 7.1 times to 1.03 crore shares compared with an average volume of 14.48 lakh shares.

Disclaimer: This article is purely for informational purposes and should not be considered investment advice from Upstox. Please consult with a financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

About The Author

image Abhishek Vasudev
Abhishek Vasudev is a business journalist with over 15 years of experience covering business and markets. He has worked for leading media organisations of the country.

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