Sensex falls! But these stocks rallied over 15% on BSE in today's trade

NEW DELHI: Several stocks rallied as much as 15% in Mumbai trading on Tuesday even as equity benchmarks, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, traded in the red amid brisk selling in frontline bluechip counters.

Stocks that surged in excess of 15% included, Ontic Finserve(19.93%), MRP Agro Ltd.(19.93%), MRO-TEK Realty (19.93%), DRA Consultants(19.18%), Akashdeep Metal(17.54%) and Prabhat Tech(15.87%).

The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 105.82 points down at 54364.85, while the 50-share index, NSE closed 61.8 points down at 16240.05.

In the Nifty50 index, 19 stocks closed in the green, while 31 stocks ended in the red.

Meanwhile, stocks such as Optimus Finance, Advitiya Trade India, Megastar Foods, Tamboli Capital and CWD Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week high, while Rainbow Childrens Medicare Ltd., Safa Systems & Technologies Ltd., Vanta Bioscience, Patel Integrat(PP)and Wardwizard Innov(PP)touched their new 52-week low in today's trade.