Top five stocks where volumes have more than doubled in last 30 days

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Sensex ended flat in a volatile session on Thursday, supported by gains in Infosys, Tata Steel, Coal India, SBI and NTPC.

The S&P BSE Sensex finally ended 11.44 points higher or 0.04 per cent at 25,561.72. It hit a low of 25,494.46 and a high of 25,613.03 in trade today.

We have collated list of top five stocks which were trading above their average daily volumes in the past 30 days on the Bombay Stock Exchange

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd: Closed 3.18% lower at Rs 1181.35

M&M Ltd struggled in trade and was among the top loser on both BSE Sensex and 50-share Nifty index. Media reports suggested that large block deals were executed in the stock on bourses which pulled the stock lower. M&M also turned ex-dividend, for a dividend of Rs 13.50 per share and a special dividend of Rs 0.50 per share for the FY ended March 2014, added the report.

Crompton Greaves Ltd: Closed 13.4% higher at Rs 210.85

Crompton Greaves Ltd rallied as much as 16.6 per cent in trade on Thursday, after the company's Board proposed to demerge its Consumer Products business unit into a separate listed Company.

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd: Closed 3.4% higher at Rs 914.80

The stock rallied as much as 3.6 per cent in trade, after the private sector bank informed BSE that the shareholders of the Bank at the Annual General Meeting have approved increase in ceiling limit for investment by Securities and Exchange Board of India approved Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/ sub-accounts of FIIs, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) and Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) in the equity share capital of the Bank, through primary or secondary route to 40%.

Financial Technologies Ltd: Closed 3.4% higher at Rs 277.40

The stock rallied as much as 6.04 per cent in trade, after the company offloaded four per cent stake in MCX for about Rs 154 crore, bringing down its shareholding to 20 per cent. The shares were sold on average price of Rs 752.83 apiece valuing the transaction at Rs 153.64 crore.

Bajaj Auto Ltd: Closed 2.27% lower at Rs 2091.70

Bajaj Auto plunged as much as 3.1 per cent in trade after the two-wheeler maker reported a net profit of Rs 740 crore for the quarter ended June 30, which came sharply below Street expectations.