Low Price Shares locked in Upper Circuit on August 05

Sensex gains 250 points, Nifty near 17,450 level led by telecom stocks. 

 Prior to the release of US jobs statistics, all the Asian headline indices were trading higher. With a gain of 53 points, SGX Nifty indicated a promising start for the broader index in India. Indian benchmark indices opened higher as expected, following the strength of Asian markets.

List of Low Price Shares Today: August 05

Following is the list of low price stocks locked in the upper circuit on August 05. Keep a close eye on these counters for the upcoming sessions.

At 12:30 pm, the Nifty 50 was trading at the 17,453.35 level, rising by 0.41%. On the Nifty 50 index, the top gainers were UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel whereas Hindalco Industries, Maruti Suzuki and Eicher Motors were the top losers of the session. 

Sensex was trading at a level of 58,563.20, climbing by 0.45%. The top gainers were UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel whereas Maruti Suzuki, Reliance Industries and Nestle India were the market draggers.   

BSE Telecom was the session's leading gainer, followed by BSE Basic Materials, BSE IT and BSE Teck. After the RBI increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4% and the GDP estimate was revised to 7.2%, the rupee pared early gains and weakened to above 79 per dollar.