Low Price Shares locked in Upper Circuit on 19-october-2022

During the afternoon session, the domestic benchmark indices traded higher with Nifty around 17,550 level.

The Sensex was up 238.42 points or 0.40% at 59199.02 and the Nifty was up 63.40 points or 0.36% at 17550.40. About 1748 shares have advanced, 1321 shares declined and 119 shares are unchanged.

The stocks of Reliance, Axis Bank, HDFC, ITC and Nestle were the top contributors to Sensex whereas SBI, Infosys, HCL Technologies, ICICI Bank and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories were the top Sensex losers.

List of Low Price Shares Today: 19-october-2022

Following is the list of low price stocks locked in the upper circuit on October 19. Keep a close eye on these counters for the upcoming sessions.

On the sectoral front, most of the sectors traded higher with Oil & Gas sector trading the highest, zooming more than 1%. The top stocks lifting up the index were Reliance, Adani Transmission and Gas, Gujarat Gas, IOC and Hindustan Petroleum. BSE Information Technology index shed 0.4% dragged by the L&T Technology Services, KPIT Technologies and BrightCom Group. The broader markets were also trading positively with BSE MidCap index zooming 0.19 and BSE SmallCap 100 gaining 0.26%. 

Among individual stocks, shares of Bharat Electronics surged over 1% after the company inked pact with defence PSU Munitions India. Meanwhile, profit-booking was seen in L&T Technology Services and the shares slipped over 2 per cent post upbeat Q2FY23 performance.