NEW DELHI: Several stocks plunged in excess of 5 per cent in Mumbai trading on Wednesday even as equity benchmark BSE Sensex traded 379.13 points up at 60663.44 amid brisk buying in frontline bluechip counters.
On the BSE, UTL Industries (down 19.95 per cent), Arambhan Hospitality(down 19.10 per cent), Charms Ind(down 10.00 per cent), Jet Infraventure(down 9.96 per cent) and Times Guaranty(down 9.94 per cent) were among the stocks that plunged over 5 per cent during the session.
In the Nifty pack, 40 stocks traded in the green, while 9 stocks traded in the red.
The Nifty index was trading 147.4 points up at 18139.35.
On the BSE, Regency Investments, Rajasthan Petro, Advance Lifestyles Ltd., Nutech Global and Sun Retail hit their fresh 52-week lows, while Tata Motors(DVR), Tayo Rolls, Auto Corp Goa, NRB Industrial and NHC Foods touched their fresh 52-week highs.
