NEW DELHI: Several stocks plunged in excess of 5 per cent in Mumbai trading on Thursday even as equity benchmark BSE Sensex traded 324.51 points up at 61061.56 amid brisk buying in frontline bluechip counters.
On the BSE, UTL Industries (down 20.00 per cent), Competent Auto(down 10.23 per cent), JLAInfraville&Shop(down 10.00 per cent), NHC Foods(down 9.97 per cent) and Arcee Ind(down 9.86 per cent) were among the stocks that plunged over 5 per cent during the session.
In the Nifty pack, 35 stocks traded in the green, while 14 stocks traded in the red.
The Nifty index was trading 111.35 points up at 18273.1.
On the BSE, JLAInfraville&Shop, Nutech Global, MAC Hotels, Sun Retail and Cochin Malabar hit their fresh 52-week lows, while Borosil L, Permanent Magnet, Pacific Ind, Morarka Finance and IM+ Capitals touched their fresh 52-week highs.
