Shares below Rs 100: Only buyers were seen in these stocks on January 12!

About 1,386 shares have advanced, 2,005 declined and 167 are unchanged. 

On Thursday, amid volatility, the benchmark indices were trading lower. About 1,386 shares have advanced, 2,005 declined and 167 are unchanged. 

At 13:40 IST, BSE Sensex was trading lower, down around 442.64 points or 0.74 per cent at a level of 59,662.86 and Nifty-50 also was trading lower, down around 123.80 points or 0.69 per cent at 17,771.90. 

The top BSE Sensex gainers were HCL Technologies Ltd, Ultratech Cement Ltd and Larsen & Toubro Ltd whereas today’s BSE Sensex losers were Tata Motors Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd and Axis Bank Ltd. 

Ahead of the January 12 quarterly earnings, attention will be on Infosys, HCL Technologies, Anand Rathi Wealth, Cyient, Den Networks, G.G. Engineering, GM Breweries, GTPL Hathway and Plastiblends India. 

On Wednesday, oil prices increased 3 per cent to a one-week high as optimism about the state of the world economy and worry about the impact of sanctions on Russian crude production overshadowed a big surprise increase in US crude stockpiles. Brent futures increased by USD 2.57 or 3.2 per cent to close at USD 82.67 per barrel. The price of US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude increased by USD 2.29 or 3.1 per cent, to settle at USD 77.41. 

Following is the list of low-priced stocks that were locked in the upper circuit on January 12: 

Investors should keep an eye on these stocks.