These stocks are likely to be in focus on October 8.

Indian equity benchmarks traded on neutral lines on Thursday. Both Sensex and Nifty held the gains from the start of the trading session. Sensex ended 482.20 points or 0.82% higher and Nifty gained 142.10 points or 0.82%.

In the broader market, the BSE midcap and smallcap indices settled in green with gains of 1.68% and 1.38%, respectively. The domestic sentiments were dampened by the negative cues from other Asian markets.

On the sectoral front, all the indices ended on the higher side except BSE Telecom and BSE Oil & Gas. BSE Realty, BSE Consumer Durables and BSE Auto have rallied up to 6.03%.

Keep a watch on these stocks on Friday:

Infosys- The company announced its partnership with ATP Tour to launch a suite of exciting match stats and analysis tools designed to bring fans, coaches and media closer to the action of men’s professional tennis. The new features launched today have been enabled using the Infosys Tennis Platform which leverages tech such as big data analytics and natural language generation (NLG) to produce match insights in 3D.

Piramal Enterprises – The stock has made a fresh 52-week high price of Rs 3014.95 in Thursday’s trading session. The board of directors of Piramal Enterprises at their meeting held on October 7, 2021, approved the demerger of pharma operations. Piramal Pharma will be listed on BSE and NSE. For one share held in the company, four shares of Piramal Pharma will be issued.

Mahindra & Mahindra - The company shared that on Thursday, Mahindra XUV700 clocked 25,000 bookings in 57 minutes of its commencement which is an unprecedented milestone in the Indian automotive industry. The volume of 25,000 XUV700s made available today at the launch prices reflects up to six months of production depending on the variant. With this, XUV700 qualifies to be the first four-wheeler in India to hit this milestone.

52-week high stocks – Sensex rallied up to 500 points in Thursday’s trading session. Among the index, stocks of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Titan made new 52-week high prices.