The stock has gained after five days of consecutive fall and touched an intra day high of 175.50 (6.14%) today. It was trading 5.38% higher at 174.25 level on the BSE.  The large cap stock was the top gainer on Sensex and Nifty today.

The market seems to have taken into account the results of exit polls on Friday and leads of polls results today. 

The election results to be announced today will signal the mood of the voters as the country goes to Lok Sabha polls within a span of next six months.

The market went into a tail spin in early trade with the Sensex crashing over 650 points and Nifty down over 200 points over a possible loss for the ruling BJP in the three key states. However, the political news was not alone to make the market jittery in trade today.

Of all the five states that went to Assembly elections, with polls in Rajasthan and Telangana having concluded on Friday, Madhya Pradesh is the state where both the Congress and the BJP are in a neck-and-neck contest.

The large cap stock has been losing for last two days and fallen 8.53% during the period. It touched an intra day low of 935 in trade today, logging a fall of 7.60%.

Of 30 Sensex stocks, 21 closed higher.  Sun Pharma (2.09%), Coal India (1.62%) and YES Bank (1.31%) were the top Sensex losers.

The Tata Motors stock touched a fresh 52-week low of 160.75 compared to its previous close of 162.40 on Thursday. The stock has lost over 17% in the last 30 days and hit a fresh 52-week low of 164 on the BSE yesterday.

The Kotak Mahindra Bank stock rose up to 13.87% or 163.85 points to 1345 level compared to the previous close of 1181.50. It posted its biggest intra day gain since November 2014.

Top Sensex gainers were Asian Paints (1.38%), Kotak Bank (1.28%) and Bajaj Auto (1.24%).  Wipro (2%), Axis Bank (0.51%) and Tata Steel (0.50%) were the top Sensex losers.

The currency opened at 70.55 per dollar compared to yesterday's close of 70.90 per dollar  amid sharp sell -off in equities.  The dollar weakened to 112.65 yen from 113.19 yen late Wednesday.

The large cap stock has been falling for the last three days and lost 5.45% during the period.  It hit an intra day low of 167.50 or a loss of 3.54% in trade today.

The stock has lost 15% in the last 30 days and hit a fresh 52-week low of 164 on the BSE today. The stock has lost 61.79% since the beginning of this year and 58.48% during the last one year.

Tracking stock market action, the rupee fell below the 71 per dollar mark in early trade amid strengthening American currency and weak opening in the domestic equity market.

While stock of axle maker Bharat Forge fell to 512 or 3.75% intra day, the Ashok Leyland stock hit a fresh low of 101.20 on the BSE.

Till November 30, the large cap stock saw five consecutive sessions of decline amid credit ratings agencies downgrading their outlook for the private sector lender citing poor corporate governance.

The stock fell up to 14.09% to 83.50 intra day in trade today. The small cap stock has fallen after four days of consecutive gain.

The large cap stock is trading 4.47% away from 52 week low of 164.55 on the BSE. It has fallen after two days of consecutive gain. The stock has lost 60.06% since the beginning of this year and fallen 57.20% during the last one year.

The Sensex was trading 209.22 points, or 0.58 per cent, lower at 35,925.09. The index broke its six-session rising streak on Tuesday, ending 106.69 points, or 0.29 per cent, down at 36,134.31.

Currently, the HDFC Bank stock forms part of 522 schemes of mutual funds. The popularity and viability of the HDFC stock can be gauged by the fact that of 42 asset management companies (AMCs) in India, 39 hold the stock in their different schemes.