Gainers and Losers: 10 stocks that moved the most on October 31

At close, the Sensex was down 237.72 points or 0.37 percent at 63,874.93, and the Nifty was down 61.30 points or 0.32 percent at 19,079.60. About 1,842 shares advanced, 1,663 shares declined, and 117 shares were unchanged.

Healthcare Global | CMP Rs 370.7 | CNBCTV18 reported that PE firm CVC Capital has launched a deal to sell a controlling stake in Healthcare Global citing sources. This sent the shares of the country’s leading cancer-care hospital chain up over 2 percent.

Jagran Prakashan | CMP Rs 99.5 | Shares of Dainik Jagran backer Jagran Prakashan tumbled 5 percent after the company’s profit declined 17 percent on-year to Rs 41 crore in the July-September quarter of fiscal year 2023-24 (Q2FY24).

Pidilite Industries | CMP Rs 2,458.25 | Shares of Pidilite Industries surged 6.23 percent after global brokerage firm Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to ‘buy’ from ‘sell’ earlier, sharing a target price of Rs 2,725 per share.

DLF | CMP Rs 562.25 | DLF shares gained more than 1.52 percent, a day after the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings beat the Street estimates. Its net profit jumped 31 percent on-year to Rs 622 crore and revenue from operations edged up marginally to Rs 1,476 crore, beating expectations.

DCX Systems | CMP Rs 292.95 | Shares of DCX Systems zoomed 7 percent after the company’s net profit for the September quarter of this fiscal more than doubled to Rs 20 crore.

APL Apollo Tubes | CMP Rs 1,564.65 | Shares of APL Apollo went down 2 percent on October 31 despite the company announcing a 35 percent on-year growth in profit at Rs 202.9 crore for the July-September period of FY24, driven by healthy operating profit.

P&G Hygiene and Health Care | CMP Rs 17,473.1 | Shares of Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care jumped 5 percent as the FMCG company reported a 36 percent jump in profit to Rs 211 crore for the quarter ended September FY24 (Q1FY24).

PSP Projects | CMP Rs 752.75 | Shares of PSP Projects surged 4.55 percent after the company bagged multiple work orders. This includes an order for the construction of a commercial complex viz. OVD_14 Commercial Tower in GIFT City, Ahmedabad, worth Rs 57.33 crore from Ozone Viswanath Developers in the institutional category.

Castrol India | CMP Rs 136.5 | Shares of Castrol India went down despite reporting better numbers for the quarter ended September 2023. Castrol India on October 30 reported a 4 percent increase in profit after tax at Rs 194 crore for the July-September period of 2023.

Colgate Palmolive | CMP Rs 2,116.85 | Shares of Colgate Palmolive went up 3 percent despite the household and consumer products manufacturer receiving a Rs 170-crore income tax liability.