ICICI Bank, NTPC, Coal India, Axis Bank and SBI are top gainers while M&M, Bharti, Hero, HDFC Bank and Asian Paints are losers in the Sensex.
Indian companies have raised close to Rs 24,000 crore by issuing non-convertible debentures (NCDs) in the first half of the current fiscal to meet their business needs.
According to the latest data with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), companies have raised funds totalling Rs 23,901 crore through retail issuance of NCDs during April-September period of 2016-17.