Top Nifty gainers and losers of Wednesday's session

NEW DELHI: Indian shares rose for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, underpinned by gains in bank, IT, capital goods and consumer durables stocks, tracking global stocks that edged up on a rally in oil stocks.

The BSE Sensex rose 188 points to touch the intraday high of 35,404.83. However, it cooled off a bit later and finished at 35,319, up by 103 points, or 0.29 per cent.

Overall, 16 stocks settled in the green in the Sensex index, compared with 15 stocks that closed in the red.


The Nifty50 added 24 points, or 0.22 per cent, to settle at 10,742, with 25 stocks rising and 25 falling.

Shares of Tata Motors, Titan, YES Bank and Tata Steel remained the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.

On the contrary, UltraTech Cement, BPCL, Lupin and Bajaj Finance finished the day as the top losers in the Nifty index.

As many as 24 stocks hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE, compared with 78 stocks that hit their fresh 52-week lows on NSE on Wednesday.