SBI most active stock in value terms on NSE

NEW DELHI: State Bank of India (Rs 1,721.76 crore) finished Tuesday's session as the most active stock in terms of value on NSE.

India's largest lender on Tuesday reported a whopping Rs 7,718 crore loss for March quarter as bad provisions doubled to Rs 22,096 crore from Rs 11,740 crore in the same quarter last year.

Ashok Leyland (Rs 920.30 crore), PC Jeweller (Rs 741.51 crore) and Strides Shasun (Rs 739.29 crore) were up next.

HDFC (Rs 570.04 crore), Tata Motors (Rs 524.56 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 480.99 crore), DLF (Rs 429.43 crore), Bajaj Finance (Rs 423.16 crore) and Reliance Communications (Rs 414.51 crore) also featured among the most active stocks in terms of value.

Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty snapped five-day losing streak on Tuesday on gains led by metal, auto and pharma stocks amid mixed global cues.

However, concerns over rising global oil prices and precarious rupee against the US dollar kept market sentiment restricted.

The Sensex closed the day 0.10 per cent up at 34,651, while the Nifty finished at 10,537, up by 20 points or 0.19 per cent.

In the Sensex kitty 19 stocks closed the day in the green and 12 in the red, whereas in the Nifty pack, 31 remained in the green, 18 in the red and 1 unchanged.