Sensex falls! These stocks fell 5% or more in Wednesday's session

NEW DELHI: Several stocks plunged in excess of 5 per cent in Mumbai trading on Wednesday even as equity benchmark BSE Sensex traded 276.46 points down at 54088.39 amid brisk selling in frontline bluechip counters.

On the BSE, Ibull Housing Fin(down 20.47 per cent), Dishman Carbogen(down 19.99 per cent), Riddhi Steel and Tub(down 18.09 per cent), MRP Agro Ltd.(down 17.36 per cent) and Welspun India(down 17.20 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

In the Nifty pack, 18 stocks closed in the green, while 32 stocks ended in the red.

The index closed 72.95 points down at 16167.1.

On the BSE, Ibull Housing Fin, Dishman Carbogen, Welspun India, Man Industries and OrientalAromatics hit their fresh 52-week lows, while Athena Constructions, Galactico Corporate, Avro India, Quadrant Tele and Ganesh Films India touched their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade.