Apollo Hospitals share price settles at ₹7,890, nearly flat on October 16

Key Takeaways

• Apollo Hospitals finished at ₹7,890, higher by just ₹0.50 or 0.01%, despite a relatively broad ₹133 intraday trading range. 
• The close remained below the 50-day, 100-day and 200-day DMAs, with the smallest gap being ₹299.60 against the 200-day level. 
• One- and three-month returns were -9.46% and -11.69%, while the six-month and one-year readings remained positive at 3.25% and 0.82%. 

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise share price ended October 16 at ₹7,890, almost unchanged from the previous session. The reported daily movement was a gain of ₹0.50, equivalent to 0.01%. That subdued closing change came despite a much wider intraday range. The stock opened at ₹7,928, reached the same ₹7,928 level at its high and fell as low as ₹7,795, creating a ₹133 spread between the session extremes. 

From the day's low, Apollo Hospitals recovered ₹95 by the close. It still ended ₹38 below both its opening price and session high. Trading volume was 558,306 shares. The contrast between the near-flat daily percentage change and the wider high-low range was one of the clearer numerical features of the session. 

Moving averages remained above the closing price. The 50-day DMA stood at ₹8,471.10, a difference of ₹581.10 from the close. The 100-day DMA was ₹8,449.80, while the 200-day DMA stood at ₹8,189.60. The last of these was the nearest of the three, though it was still ₹299.60 above the October 16 finish. 

Apollo Hospitals' 52-week low was ₹6,697 and its high was ₹9,071. The ₹7,890 close was ₹1,193 above the low and ₹1,181 below the high, putting the price almost equidistant from the two annual extremes in absolute rupee terms. 

Recent returns were weaker over the shorter periods. The stock recorded -9.46% over one month and -11.69% over three months. Six-month performance was 3.25%, while the one-year figure was 0.82%. October 16 therefore ended with very little net day-on-day movement even though the share experienced considerably more movement within the session itself.