Upper circuit and lower circuit stocks on March 17; check details

The 30-share SENSEX was on track to snap its five-day losing streak on Monday, March 17 while the National Stock Exchange benchmark NIFTY50 index briefly moved above its important psychological level of 22,500 hitting an intraday high of 22,577 before giving up intraday gains. As of 1:32 pm, the SENSEX was up 234 points or 0.31% at 74,059 and the NIFTY50 index advanced 83 points or 0.37% to 22,480. Mid- and small-cap shares were witnessing buying interest during the sessions and were outperforming their larger peers as NIFTY Midcap 100 index rose 0.57% and NIFTY Smallcap 100 index climbed 0.67%.

As many as 73 stocks hit their respective upper band circuit limit while 161 touched lower band circuit limits, according to data from the National Stock Exchange.

List of Stocks locked in upper circuit

List of stocks locked in lower circuit

NACL Industries

Shares of the Hyderabad-based agrochemicals maker were locked in 20% upper circuit at ₹110.85 on the National Stock Exchange after the company on Thursday March 13 informed exchanges that Coromandel International announced an open offer to acquire 5,24,62,320 equity shares of face value of Re 1 representing 26% of the voting share capital at Rs 76.70 per share. The company on Wednesday, March 12, informed exchanges that its board approved share purchase agreement with Coromandel International.

Senco Gold

Shares of the gold jewellery retailer fell as much as 6.17% to ₹237 on the National Stock Exchange. The stock has been facing selling pressure ever since it announced its third quarter earnings last month. The company at the end of December quarter said that its net profit slumped 69% to ₹33 crore from ₹109 crore during the same period last year. Operationally, Senco Gold weak performance in Q3 which led to poor share price performance. The company's EBITDA also known as operating profit declined 56% to ₹80 crore.