Equity benchmark indices came off early highs in the afternoon trade on Wednesday as profit booking emerged at higher levels.The BSE S&P Sensex closed 86 points or 0.22% at 38,615 while the Nifty 50 gained by 23 points or 0.2% at 11,408. Sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with Nifty media gaining by 5.3%, PSU bank by 2.3% and realty by 1.2%. Among stocks, Zee Entertainment was the top gainers after moving up 14% to Rs 198.40 per share. The other major gainers were Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, UPL and HDFC Life. However, Bajaj Auto skidded by 1.2% to Rs 3,067.50 per share while ONGC slipped by 1.1%.

Source: dna August 19, 2020 12:33 UTC