Top Gainers and Losers on August 23: Bajaj Auto, Coal India emerge as top NIFTY movers; check full list

Benchmark indices SENSEX and NIFTY closed flat on Friday, August 23. NIFTY50 closed higher by 11.55 points, or 0.05%, at 24,823. The key index moved in a range of 24,771.65 to 24,858.4 during the day. On the other hand, SENSEX closed higher by 33 points, or 0.04%, at 81,086.

The NIFTY Auto index was the top sectoral gainer, rising by 1.8%. Among all sectoral indices, the NIFTY Realty index declined the most by 2.43%. NIFTY Media and NIFTY IT also declined, up to 1.29%.

Top NIFTY gainers

Telecom services provider Bharti Airtel’s stock closed 1.59% higher at ₹1,510 apiece on the NSE.

Automobile manufacturer Tata Motors was also among the top NIFTY gainers. The stock closed 1.58% higher at ₹1,085.35 apiece after touching an intraday high of ₹1,092.6 apiece.

Sun Pharma, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Finserv were the other gainers among NIFTY constituents, closing higher by up to 1.39%.

LTI Mindtree and Wipro top NIFTY losers

Shares of ONGC dropped more than 2% to a low of ₹317.55 in day trade. The stock closed at ₹318.6 apiece, down 1.01%.

Asian Paints shares dropped up to 1.18% to hit an intraday low of ₹3148.75 apiece on the NSE. The stock closed at ₹3,186.6, down 0.99%.

Among other NIFTY drags, Titan, Divis Laboratories, Britannia and Tata Consumer dropped as much as 0.93%.