Gainers & Losers: Top 10 stocks that moved the most on August 8
At close, the Sensex was down 765.47 points or 0.95 percent at 79,857.79, and the Nifty was down 232.85 points or 0.95 percent at 24,363.30. About 1494 shares advanced, 2384 shares declined, and 133 shares unchanged.
Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex slipped back into the red on August 8, snapping the previous day’s relief rally, as lingering tariff worries dampened sentiment. Losses were broad-based, with autos, metals, IT and pharma leading the decline.
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National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL) | CMP Rs 1,300 | Shares of the recently listed depository service provider have surged another 18 percent on August 8, extending their gains for the third consecutive session after listing. With this move, the stock has now risen 67 percent from its IPO price in just three trading sessions.
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Coforge | CMP Rs 1,607 | Shares of the IT firm slipped 6 percent to Rs 1,605 in the afternoon on August 8, sinking for the third time in four sessions and wiping over 10 percent in just four days, after key client Sabre Corp plunged 35 percent on the Nasdaq overnight following a lacklustre quarterly report.
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Tata Motors | CMP Rs 631 | Shares slipped over 2 percent, marking its third straight day of losses, as investors turned cautious ahead of the automaker’s Q1 results later today, with analysts bracing for a sharp decline in profit and revenue. According to a Moneycontrol poll of six brokerage firms, the Nexon maker is anticipated to record an 8.7 percent year-on-year decrease in revenue, reaching Rs 98,600 crore.
Page Industries | CMP Rs 44,780 | Shares fell as much as 4 percent on August 8, as analysts have mixed views on the stock post its first quarter results. While brokerage firm Citi has a "sell" rating and has projected a potential downside of nearly 20 percent downside on the stock with a price target of Rs 36,800 apiece, Goldman Sachs has a "buy" rating with a price target of Rs 50,000 per share.
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Bharti Airtel | CMP Rs 1,859 | Shares of the telecom major declined over 3 percent on August 8, as many as 6.7 crore shares or 1 percent equity changed hands at Rs 12,563 crore in block deals on August 8. The floor price of the deal was set at Rs 1,862 per share, as per sources. A 90-day lock-in period would apply as part of the transaction terms.
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Life Insurance Corporation | CMP Rs 911 | Shares jumped 3 percent on August 8, even as the headline indices ticked lower amid tariff woes. The gains are buoyed by the quarterly results wherein the company reported a 5 per cent rise in net profit and exuded confidence of a double-digit growth in the bottom line in the current financial year (FY2026).
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OMC Stocks | Shares of state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs), including Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), are trading with gains of up to 3 percent on August 8. The moves came after reports said the Union Cabinet may consider compensating the companies for losses incurred on the sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Defence Stocks | shares of defence companies dropped sharply in trade on August 8, pushing the Nifty India Defence index down nearly 2 percent. Weak earnings by some of the key players, profit booking and lack of fresh triggers fuelled the downturn in the sector. Data Patterns shares dropped nearly 6 percent to trade at Rs 2,426 apiece.
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PG Electroplast | CMP Rs 567 | Shares of the company tanked as much as 23 percent on August 8 after the company slashed its FY26 revenue growth forecast. It now expects sales of Rs 5,700–5,800 crore, implying 17–19 percent growth, sharply lower than its earlier projection of Rs 6,345 crore or 30.3 percent growth.
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Grasim | CMP Rs 2,692 | Aditya Birla Group-owned Grasim Industries saw its shares slip over 2 percent after the company's net loss widen to Rs 118 crore on a standalone basis for the June quarter compared to Rs 52 crore a year ago, on the back of Grasim's Rs 10,000 crore investment into paints business - Birla Opus - as well as other new-age businesses such as e-commerce.
![Page Industries | CMP Rs xx | Shares of Page Industries fell as much as 4% on August 8, as analysts have mixed views on the stock post its first quarter results. While brokerage firm Citi has a "sell" rating and has projected a potential downside of nearly 20% downside on the stock with a price target of Rs 36,800 apiece, Goldman Sachs has a "buy" rating with a price target of Rs 50,000 per share.](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2025/08/20250315034541_sensex_stocks_nifty.jpg "Page Industries | CMP Rs xx | Shares of Page Industries fell as much as 4% on August 8, as analysts have mixed views on the stock post its first quarter results. While brokerage firm Citi has a "sell" rating and has projected a potential downside of nearly 20% downside on the stock with a price target of Rs 36,800 apiece, Goldman Sachs has a "buy" rating with a price target of Rs 50,000 per share.")
