NEW DELHI: What stocks gained the most today? How do they compare with shares of companies that have given the highest return in the past one week, one month and one year?
We tell you all here, every day. Soon after the markets close, we analyse the short and long-term winners on the stock markets.
Top 10 stocks on BSE 500 today
Indiabulls Real Estate -- a mid-cap stock -- is the top gainer of the day with over 16% gains during the day. The stock with 2nd biggest gains is Gujarat Alkalies Chemicals which surged almost 10% during the day to close at Rs 79.
The chart below shows which were the top 10 trading stocks today and how much return they generated for the investors.
Top gainers of the week
Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) continues to the weekly winner with 24% jump in share price. The stock is now priced at Rs 438.
Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) -- a public sector undertaking engaged in manufacturing of heavy equipment -- has also done well over the last week as the share gave 24% returns to its investors.
Last week, chemical stocks dominated market gains but this week we can see more diversity as top 10 stocks belong to 8 different sectors.
Top gainers of the month
Picking a stock that gives a 30% return in 30 days is great luck–or insight.
JK Paper -- a small-cap company operating in th paper sector -- continued its stellar performance and is the top gainer of the month, rising nearly 47%. JSW Energy was not far behind -- the stock has given 46.3% returns to investors in last 1 month.
In fact, all stocks in the top 10 monthly winners chart gained over 30%.
Top gainers in last 6 months
In the past six months price of an Adani Power share rose from Rs 108 to Rs 362, delivering a 234% returns. Adani Power is one of the 7 listed companies of the Adani group.
The second-best performer over half a year delivered less than 50% of Adani Power return – JK Paper rose 91% during the same period. Even the #10 stock on the list rose 56%.
Top gainers in last 1 year
Adani Group companies continue to be yearly winners. While Adani Power gained 326% in last 1 year, Adani Transmission shares surged 277%.
Tata Teleservices Maharashtra (TTML) jumped 164% in a year largely due to a sudden and short-term spike of over 400% that stock had witnessed in January this year.
All the top 10 stocks in this list doubled the investors' money in the past year.
Overall winner is...
If you are not a day trader, and are looking for a consistent performer in these lists, here’s a table that lists common stocks from the above five charts.
Tata Elxsi and JK Paper come up as the most consistent of the five lists. Both appear in 3 of the five top lists, indicating strong performance by the stock.
A real gold will perhaps be the one that appears in all five lists and among the top five.
(Stock prices have been sourced from Yahoo Finance)
