At 12.30 pm on Thursday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex and Nifty 50 were seen extending the losses since their opening, as Russia finally strikes Ukraine and has reportedly destroyed Ukraine airbases. The Sensex was trading at 55,486.52 down by 1740.51 points or 3.04 per cent, while Nifty was at 16,533.60, down by 540.75 points or 3.17 per cent from the last trading session.     

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Indices traded lower with sharp losses in the morning session as investors watched Russia's military operation in Ukraine. The Nifty traded below the 17,600 mark. The sectoral indices on the BSE and NSE are trading downwards with auto banks and IT stocks losing the most. 

Following are the stocks where profit booking is seen taking place in the F&O segment.

While markets opened deep in red, as of noon, BSE Sensex was 2.90 per cent down and S&P BSE SmallCap has plunged 3.72 per cent.

Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd gained more than 12 per cent 

Asahi Songwon Colors Limited is engaged in the manufacturing and export of colour pigments and their derivatives. The share price of the company has jumped 12.52 per cent in the first half of today's trading session. The stock is in a downtrend for the past six months, decreasing more than 18 per cent from Rs 334.75 on August 24, 2021, to Rs 272.05 on February 24, 2022. 

Top blue-chip losers include Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, IndusInd Bank and Adani Ports.  

On Thursday morning the markets opened lower only to plunge deep as the day advanced. The bear tightens its grip over the global markets as Russia advances its efforts to invade East Ukraine despite all the warnings from the USA and the United Nations. This has led to a surge in crude oil prices hitting a 7-year high and has almost crossed the USD 100 per barrel mark. 

Lokesh Machines Ltd, a machine tool manufacturing company, rallied by 16.21 per cent in today’s pre-opening session. 

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Ducon Infratechnologies has given multibagger returns to investors in the past year. The company on Monday declared that its board will consider a bonus issue on February 25. The board also has a proposal of considering increasing the authorised share capital. The stock has given stellar returns of 225 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the past year. Ducon Infratechnologies shares were up by 5 per cent today and traded at 22.10 levels