Benchmark equity indices ended today's session on a flat note. Strength in shares of index heavyweight Reliance Industries and certain financial services stocks helped limit the overall losses. Nifty50 and Sensex ended flat at 17855.10 and 60077.88, respectively. Key stocks that moved the most on September 27
Multiplex operators | Shares of PVR and INOX Leisure ended 5.6 and 6.8 percent higher after Maharashtra decided to allow the reopening of cinema halls from October 22.
Automobile stocks | Shares of Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki India, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto rose nearly 3-7 percent, were among the best performers on the Nifty50 index. The Nifty Auto index gained the most by rising 3.2 percent.
Defensive sectors | Defensive sectors such as information technology, pharmaceuticals and fast-moving consumer goods witnessed selling pressure with Nifty IT, Nifty Pharma and Nifty FMCG falling 1-3 percent. HCL Technologies, Divi's Laboratories, Tech Mahindra and Wipro were the biggest laggards on the 50-stock index, down 3-5 percent.
PSP Projects | The stock ended nearly 12 percent higher after the company bagged orders worth Rs 421.87 crore towards institutional, industrial, residential and precast segments from various clients.
Reliance Industries | Shares of index heavyweight RIL ended 1.6 percent higher at Rs 2,523.45 after hitting an all-time high of Rs 2,529 intraday.