Market Now: Top gainers and losers in today's session

NEW DELHI: Shares of Videocon (down 4.99 per cent), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (down 3 per cent), Emami (down 2.89 per cent), IL&FS Transportation Networks (down 2.57 per cent) and Gujarat Pipavav Port (down 2.23 per cent) were the stocks that tanked more than 2 per cent on BSE in the afternoon trade on Wednesday.

However, shares of Amtek Auto (up 9.96 per cent), JP Associates (up 5.66 per cent), Network18 (up 4.98 per cent), GMR Infra (up 4.50 per cent) and JSW Energy (up 3.35 per cent) gained during the trade reflecting the stock-specific temperament of the market.

BSE Sensex was 74.87 points down at 31,222.66, while Nifty50 was 37.75 points down at 9,615.75 around 1 pm (IST).

Out of 51 stocks on NSE, 14 were in green while 37 were trading in red around the same time.

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Shares of Larsen & Toubro, JP Associates, Amtek Auto, GMR Infra, Indiabulls Real Estate, Reliance Communications, Tata Motors, Suzlon Energy, Unitech and HDIL were among most traded securities on the National Stock Exchange in trade so far.

Meanwhile, NHPC, SBI, DLF, PNB, Idea Cellular, ONGC, Ashok Leyland, Vedanta, PowerGrid, Bank of Baroda and Hindalco were the most traded securities in terms of volume on NSE so far.