Market now: 10 stocks defy market trend; surge up to 20%

Domestic equity indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty settled were trading in red in the afternoon trade on Thursday ahead of GDP data due later in the day.

However, couple of stocks defied market trend and surged up to 20 per cent during the trade. The list included stocks such as ARSS Infra (up 20.00 per cent), Tree House Edu (up 20.00 per cent), TRF Ltd (up 19.99 per cent), Value Inds (up 19.88 per cent), Agro Tech Foods (up 18.65 per cent), Assam Company (up 17.65 per cent), Akash Infra-Projects Ltd. (up 17.57 per cent), Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC (up 17.33 per cent) and Beta Drugs (up 17.30 per cent).

The 30-share index BSE Sensex was down 287.24 points at 33315.52 at around 2.50 pm (IST), while the 50-share NSE Nifty index was down 85.1 points at 10,276.2. In the Nifty50 index, 13 stocks were trading in green, while 37 stocks were in red.

Stocks such as KSS Ltd, Agro Tech Foods, Beta Drugs Ltd., Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC Ltd., IL&FS Invest, Harrisons Mala, Surevin BPO Services Ltd., Emkay Taps & Cutting Tools Ltd., Worth Peripherals Ltd., McLeod Russel hit their fresh 52-week high in today's trade, while Gemini Comm, Golden Tobacco, Shyam Telecom, Glenmark Pharma, Ybrant Digital, Hind Syntex, Goenka Diamond touched their new 52-week low in trade.