The shares of Virat Industries Limited were locked in the upper circuit on Wednesday morning. The scrip got locked in the upper circuit after gaining 4.99 per cent from its last traded price. The shares were locked in at Rs 154.60 on BSE.

At 11.30 am on Wednesday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex & Nifty 50 were trading higher by almost 1 per cent each as the dollar rose higher and the IMF cut the growth forecast by almost a per cent, owing to the effects of the ongoing war in several countries.

Harsh Mariwala ranks 30th on India’s richest person list and is the founder and chairman of Marico Ltd which is a consumer goods giant in India. He has a net worth of about Rs 24,000 crore according to the real-time net worth tracker of Forbes. 

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Markets are trading higher with auto, IT, and oil & gas companies leading the way. Nifty is above 17,000 while Sensex is up by over 350 points. On April 20, Angel One, Tata Elxsi, ICICI Securities, JTL Infra, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure, Ellora Trading, HCKK Ventures, Indbank Merchant Banking Services, and IND Bank Housing will report their respective quarterly earnings. The top F&O gainers this morning are Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, Dr Lal PathLabs Ltd, ACC Ltd, Motherson Sumi Systems Limited, and Ambuja Cements Limited. 

As a part of transformation to a professionally run institution with strong corporate governance reflecting an independent corporate entity, the company rechristened its name to Star Housing Finance Limited.

The stock hit a high of Rs 279 in the early trade on Tuesday after the company announced that the board of directors will meet on April 30, 2022, to consider a stock split proposal. Salasar Techno Engineering Ltd has recently outperformed the market by a significant margin. The stock has gained 15 per cent in the last one month as compared to a 1.38 per cent fall in S&P BSE Sensex. 

After a decline of around 1.23 per cent in the previous trading session, the broad market index S&P BSE Sensex opened in green today.

Highest put option open interest contract was added at a strike price of 16700 for expiry on April 21. 

Investors should keep a watch on this multi-bagger. In one year, the shares of Virat Industries Limited have jumped by 344 per cent.  On a YTD basis, the stock is up by 59 per cent, thus heavily outperforming the markets. Investors should keep Virat Industries in their watchlist.