Penny Stock Update: These low priced stocks gained up to 9.84% on Monday.

Today market has closed in green, S&P BSE Utilities is top gainer while, S&P BSE SME IPO is top loser.

After a long weekend, the market opened on a positive note. Most of the sectors closed in green. However, some sectoral indices closed in red as well. The Nifty 50 is up by 0.76% and BSE Sensex is up by 0.75% in today’s trade. S&P BSE Utilities Index and S&P BSE Basic Material Index are top gainers which have been closed up by 2.82% and 2.16% respectively. S&P BSE Utilities stocks such as TATA Power Ltd, NHPC Ltd, SJVN Ltd and Adani Power Ltd gained in double digits. Tata Power shares closed up by almost 16% at Rs 257 a 52-week high. Besides, S&P BSE Basic Material stocks such as INEOS Styrolution India Ltd, National Aluminium Company Limited, Vedanta Limited and Hindustan Copper Limited were also major gainers in today's trade.

In contrast to these, S&P BSE SME IPO closed in red and slipped by 2.83%. This index remained the top loser in today's trade. Other sectors such as S&P BSE Consumer Discretionary Goods & Services, S&P Healthcare and S&P BSE Telecom have also closed into the red. The Healthcare sector is the top loser today as the Nifty Healthcare Index is down by Rs 74.30 i.e., 0.82%.

Here is the list of penny stock that gained up to 10% on a closing basis on Monday, October 18, 2021: