Share market update: Check out the stocks that surged over 8% despite in lacklustre market

NEW DELHI: Shares of Teamlease Services (up 9.04 per cent), AstraZeneca Pharma India (up 8.46 per cent) and Shreyas Shipping & Logistics (up 8.24 per cent) surged over 8 per cent on NSE on Monday even as market sentiment remained lacklustre.

Stocks such as Jaiprakash Associates (up 5.88 per cent), GHCL (up 5.43 per cent), HPCL (up 4.78 per cent) and Gujarat Ambuja Exports (up 4.73 per cent) climbed up to 5 per cent.

Headline indices Nifty and Sensex ended the day in the negative territory after a choppy trade owing to losses in a majority of sectors, led by metals, bank, IT, capital goods, consumer durables and telecom. However, gains in oil and auto stocks kept the fall restricted.

The BSE Sensex fell for 74 points, or 0.21 per cent, settling at 35,548, while the Nifty finished Monday's session at 10,800, down by 18 points or 0.17 per cent.

Overall, 20 stocks remained in the green in the Nifty pack, compared with 30 stocks that went home with losses.

Sensex witnessed 11 stocks advancing and 20 declining at the end of today's trade.

Among the sectors, Nifty Auto and private bank index closed the day in the green, while Nifty Pharma settled almost flat. All other indices closed the day in the red, with Nifty Metal as the top loser, falling 1.74 per cent.

HPCL, ICICI Bank, Indian Oil Corporation, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, BPCL, Tata Motors and Eicher Motors stood as the top gainers in the Nifty index on Monday.