Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rose 0.99% and 0.62% for the week, respectively. Meanwhile, the BSE Smallcap index lost about 0.33% in the past five days.

In the Nifty pack, 35 stocks closed in the green, while 14 stocks ended in the red.

HUL, Sun Pharma, ITC, L&T and ONGC were among the top losers on NSE in today's trade.

Blue Chip India, Finolex Cables, Zen Tech, Vera Synthetic and Soma Textiles, hit their fresh 52-week highs during the day.

In the Nifty pack, 23 stocks were trading in the green, while 27 stocks were trading in the red.

Agro-chemical firm, UPL, has acquired 26 per cent stake in Clean Max Kratos Pvt Ltd, which is into renewable energy. Clean Max was incorporated on July 28 with paid up capital of Rs 1 lakh.

The appointment was finalised by the Eveready board in a meeting held in Kolkata on Monday. Mohit Burman and Arjun Lamba, a close associate of the Burmans have been appointed as non-executive directors, he said. A formal announcement is expected soon.

As per a stock exchange filing made on Tuesday, the proposed appointment will be with effect from July 12 subject to approval of the shareholders. The company is likely to appoint the new chairman amongst these three directors in the next board meeting later this month or early next when Eveready announces its April-June quarterly earnings.

The Burman Group, through its entities Puran Associates, VIC Enterprises, MB Finmart, Gyan Enterprises and Chowdry Associates had increased stake in Eveready to 38.37 per cent and became promoters of the Kolkata-based firm.

Shares of Sadhna Broadcast will go ex-split today. The company had announced the splitting of shares into face value of Re 1 from the face value of Rs 10.

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ACC which hit a fresh 52-week high closed with gains of over 2 percent, Newgen Software rallied more than 9 percent to a new 52-week high of Rs 269 and Ester Industries was locked in upper circuit of 20 percent on Wednesday.

Khambatta Securities is bullish on Ester Industries has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 131 in its research report dated September 30, 2020.

There were pending buy orders of 80 shares, with no sellers available.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs were ABM International, Akash Infra-Projects, Amber Enterprises India, APL Apollo Tubes, Balaji Amines, BLS International, Emami, Ester Industries, Expleo Solutions, Jindal Steel & Power, Karda Constructions, KIOCL, Meghmani Organics, SBI Cards and Payment Services and Thyrocare Technologies.

Market is expected to undergo profit booking from current levels and any upmove could be a bull trap, say analysts