Gainers and Losers: 10 stocks that moved the most on February 9

The Sensex ended 167.06 points, or 0.23 percent, up at 71,595.49 points and the Nifty 64.50 points, or 0.30 percent, higher at 21,782.50 in a volatiles session on February 9. About 1,034 shares advanced, 2,648 declined and 105 remained unchanged.

Torrent Power | CMP Rs 1,173 | Torrent Power went down 2.6 percent a day after the company reported a 47 percent year-on-year decline in Q3 net profit at Rs 359.8 crore hit by lower topline and dismal operating numbers with higher fuel cost.

Yes Bank | CMP Rs 31.45 | The was up 4.83 percent on February 9. The stock has seen an uptick after the RBI recently allowed HDFC Bank to acquire a 9.5 percent stake in the company.

Spicejet | CMP Rs 68.18 | The Spicejet stock closed 2.5 percent down and IndiGo declined over a percent after a parliamentary panel proposed route-specific capping of airfare. The panel also put forward a proposal for a separate entity to regulate and control air ticket prices.

Bharti Airtel | CMP Rs 1,120 | The Bharti Airtel stock plunged 1.94 percent after the cabinet approved spectrum auctions in eight bands for mobile phone services. The government set the base price at Rs 96,317.65 crore, said information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur.

Biocon | CMP Rs 274 | Biocon fell 3 percent even after the company reported profits in the December quarter. Investors booked profit as the stock has gained 25 percent in the past three months.

Patanjali Foods | CMP Rs 1,599 | Patanjali Foods stock fell 3.94 percent after the company reported a 19.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) drop in net profit at Rs 216.5 crore for the December quarter.

RVNL | CMP Rs 228 | Shares of RVNL fell 8.06 percent after the company’s profit declined 6.2 percent to Rs 359 crore in the December quarter from the year-ago period on a weak topline and operating performance.

Paytm | CMP Rs 419.15 | The Paytm stock fell 6.16 percent a day after it was reported that the digital payments company is set to acquire Bengaluru-based Bitsila amid even as the future of its banking arm remains uncertain following RBI curbs.

LIC | CMP Rs 1,084 | Shares of LIC closed 1.92 percent lower after the stock rose 4 percent intraday after the state-run insurer’s net profit jumped 49 percent on-year to Rs 9,441 crore, and net premium income grew 4.67 percent YoY to Rs 1.17 lakh crore in the quarter under review.

Quess Corp | CMP Rs 491 | Shares of Quess Corp fell 1.3 percent after the forensic-cum-activist investment firm Muddy Waters said its promoter Fairfax Financial Holdings used Quess as an accounting lever to create $889.9 million of profit and book value in 2018.