Top three stocks that saw heavy demand from buyers in the pre-opening session today

These three stocks were the top gainers on BSE in the pre-opening session today.

At the pre-opening bell, the frontline index S&P BSE Sensex opened in red with a loss of 371.74 points or 0.6 per cent. By 9.15 am, the index was trading at the level of 61,365.99 signifying loss of 297.49 points or 0.48 per cent.

On the sectoral front, in the pre-opening session, metals were down by 0.15 per cent, power weakened by 2.60 per cent whereas auto slipped by 2.7 per cent.

Meanwhile, Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd, Easy Trip Planners Ltd and Tata Steel Long Products Ltd emerged as the Top Gainers of BSE in the pre-opening session today. Barring Easy Trip Planners Ltd, the other two companies have not made any significant announcements of late. Hence, the rally in their share prices could be driven purely by the market forces.

Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd, an S&P BSE SmallCap company, surged 15.50 per cent to trade at Rs 315.15 apiece. Last week, the company had conducted a conference to discuss its Q2FY23 results.

Easy Trip Planners Ltd, an S&P BSE 500 company, rallied 13.33 per cent to trade at Rs 54 apiece. This rally comes ahead of the company's Board meeting scheduled on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, to consider and approve the allotment of bonus equity shares.

Tata Steel Long Products Ltd, another S&P BSE SmallCap company, climbed 5.22 per cent to trade at Rs 670 apiece.