Titan Company was trading with volumes of 804,778 shares, compared to its five day average of 112,930 shares, an increase of 612.64 percent while REC was trading with volumes of 2,288,476 shares, compared to its five day average of 274,924 shares, an increase of 732.40 percent.
Jindal Drilling Industries was trading with volumes of 37,281 shares and witnessed spurt in volume by more than 33.11 times. Deep Industries was trading with volumes of 92,133 shares and saw spurt in volume by more than 29.98 times.
The fall in Sensex was led by losses in Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, HDFC, ITC, Infosys, and ICICI Bank.
The top Nifty gainers include Zee Entertainment, Sun Pharma, Indiabulls Housing Finance, ONGC and Bajaj Finance while GAIL India, NTPC, BPCL, Power Grid and Bharti Infratel are the top losers.
The top Nifty gainers include Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, TCS and UPL while BPCL, Indiabulls Housing Finance, IOC, YES Bank and IndusInd Bank are the top losers.
ITC was trading with volumes of 4,447,821 shares, compared to its five day average of 940,191 shares, an increase of 373.08 percent. The stock saw spurt in volume by more than 6.64 times.
PSU bank and media stocks are the biggest losers led by PNB, Syndicate Bank, State Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Zee Entertainment and DEN Networks.
Nifty Metal closed 2 percent higher led by gains from Hindalco Industries, Jindal Stainless, NALCO, SAIL, Tata Steel, Hindustan Zinc, Hindustan Copper and Jindal Steel & Power.
GMR Infrastructure was trading with volumes of 11,616,886 shares compared to its five day average of 1,136,111 shares while United Breweries was trading with volumes of 127,679 shares, compared to its five day average of 18,529 shares.
Eicher Motors was trading with volumes of 68,906 shares, compared to its five day average of 3,259 shares, an increase of 2,014.20 percent
Banking stocks gained the most, led by State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and IndusInd Bank.
Relaxo Footwears was trading with volumes of 905,195 shares while Eveready Industries was trading with volumes of 149,192 shares, compared to its five day average of 5,495 shares, an increase of 2,615.05 percent.
SBI Life Insurance Company was trading with volumes of 98,243,219 shares, compared to its five day average of 9,158 shares while Bajaj Finserv was trading with volumes of 311,830 shares, compared to its five day average of 17,169 shares, an increase of 1,716.22 percent.
The S&P BSE Realty index was down 1.8 percent with loses from Sunteck Realty, Indiabulls Real Estate, Prestige Estates, Phoenix Mills, Sobha, Mahindra Life Space Developers and Oberoi Realty.
Vijaya Bank witnessed spurt in volume by more than 61.90 times while Kaveri Seed Company saw spurt in volume by more than 8.31 times.
S&P BSE Metals along with S&P BSE Realty were the outperforming sectors which gained over 2 percent while S&P BSE IT was the underperforming sector which was down over 1 percent.