Stocks below Rs 100: Only buyers seen in these scrips on July 1

US stock futures fell on Friday morning after S&P 500 ended its worst first-half performance since 1970.   

At noon on Friday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading lower as the global markets ended the second quarter of FY22.  

Sensex was at 52,559.29, up by 459.65 points or 0.87 per cent while Nifty 50 was at 15,640.45, down by 139.80 points or 0.91 per cent. 

US stock futures fell on Friday morning after S&P 500 ended its worst first-half performance in decades. 

Thursday marked the end of the second quarter as well as the first half of the year. For the quarter, S&P 500 fell more than 16 per cent, its biggest one-quarter fall since March 2020. It also tumbled into the bear market territory, down by more than 21 per cent from a record high set in early January

The Asia-Pacific markets reversed earlier gains and fell on the first day of the new quarter as investors digested positive factory activity data from a private survey in China.  

Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 1.75 per cent and Mainland China markets were lower despite positive data on the manufacturing front. Shanghai Composite shed 0.18 per cent while Shenzhen Component tumbled 0.14 per cent.  

The crude oil price is trading bearish at $105.21 per barrel whereas the 10-year US Treasury yield also dipped and was trading at 2.96 per cent.  

The Top Gainers in Nifty 50 pack are Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, ITC, Bajaj Finance, and Cipla. Meanwhile, the Top Losers pulling down the index are ONGC, Reliance Industries, Titan Company, Bajaj Auto, and Coal India.  

BSE Smallcap index is trading at 24,675.35, up by 0.45 per cent. The top gainers in the pack were Marksans Pharmaceuticals, Ratnamani Metals, Orient Bell, Morepen Laboratories, and Sundram Fasteners. Each of these stocks has gained more than 8 per cent. Similarly, the top losers include Amber Enterprises, Chennai Petroleum Corporation, Delta Corp, Phoenix Mills, and KBC Global.  

On the sectoral front, only pharma, healthcare, FMCG, financial services & realty were trading in the green on the bourses.   

Following is the list of low-priced stocks that got locked in the upper circuit on Friday. Keep a close eye on these counters for the upcoming sessions: