Shares below Rs 100: Only buyers were seen in these stocks on February 17

About 1,401 shares have advanced, 2,053 declined and 136 are unchanged on BSE.   

On Friday, at 03:30 pm, the benchmark Indian indices were trading lower with the BSE Sensex Index down 316.94 points or 0.52 per cent at a level of 61,002.57 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index down 91.65 points or 0.51 per cent at 17,944.20. About 1,401 shares have advanced, 2,053 declined and 136 are unchanged on BSE.   

Top Gainers and Top Losers on BSE Sensex Index are as follows:

The top Sensex gainers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Ultratech Cement Ltd and Asian Paints Ltd whereas the top Sensex losers were Mahindra & Mahindra, Nestle India Ltd and IndusInd Bank Ltd.

The broader market indices were trading higher, with the BSE Mid-Cap Index down 0.75 per cent and the BSE Small-Cap Index down 0.24 per cent, respectively.

Top trending stocks on BSE today are Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, Campus Active Wear, Dalmia Bharat, Finolex Cables, PNB Housing Finance, Schaeffer India, Shilpa Medicare, Supreme Industries, TCNS Clothing Company, Ratnamani Metals & Tubes, Zensar Technologies and Ultratech Cement.

Following is the list of low-priced stocks that were locked in the upper circuit on February 17:  

Investors should keep an eye on these stocks.