NEW DELHI: Several stocks plunged in excess of 5 per cent in Mumbai trading on Thursday even as equity benchmark BSE Sensex traded 83.7 points down at 81228.62 amid brisk selling in frontline bluechip counters.
On the BSE, Sai Swami Metals and(down 20.00 per cent), Modern Insulat(down 15.65 per cent), Kilpest India(down 15.44 per cent), Photoquip Ind(down 11.62 per cent) and Silicon Rental Solutions(down 10.45 per cent) were among the stocks that plunged over 5 per cent during the session.
In the Nifty pack, 27 stocks traded in the green, while 23 stocks traded in the red.
The Nifty index was trading 29.05 points down at 24723.4.
On the BSE, Lasa Supergenerics, Bharat Rasayan, Arnold Holdings, Orchid Pharma and Nettlinx Ltd hit their fresh 52-week lows, while IFB Agro, Quality Power Electr, Intellect Design, Elitecon International and Autoriders Intnl touched their fresh 52-week highs.
