The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty declined for the third straight day on Thursday after the Rail Budget 2016 failed to enthuse investors. Sensex closed 112.93 points down at 22976, while Nifty 50 index settled 48.10 points down at 6,970.60.

Below are top 10 stocks that remained in news today: 

Titagarh Wagon, Kalindee Rail, Hind Rectifier: Rail-related companies shares such as Titagarh Wagon, Kalindee Rail, Hind Rectifier fell 8.40 per cent, 9.26 per cent and 7.69 per cent to Rs 113.35, Rs 122.50 and Rs 63, respectively after the Rail Budget 2016 failed to enthuse investors.

REC and PFC: Shares of power lenders Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) gained on Thursday after HSBC upgrades their stocks to “buy” from “hold”. REC and PFC gained 2.35 per cent and 4.09 per cent, respectively.

Dabur: Stocks of the home FMCG firm has signed a license pact with the government to produce two new ayurvedic drugs – Ayush-64 for treatment of malaria and Ayush-82 for management of diabetes. Shares of the company closed 0.89 per cent up at Rs 238.45.

Neyveli Lignite: The Central Electricity Regulatory Authority (CERC) has asked the government-owned integrated mining and power company Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) to share the profit it earned through selling lignite to outside parties with states that procure power from the company. Shares of the company closed 1.11 per cent down at Rs 66.95.

SBI: Loans worth Rs 11,700 crore given by State Bank of India have been locked up as non-performing assets as nearly 1,160 defaulters have willfully decided not to repay. The bank had identified 1,164 cases of wilful default with outstanding loan amount of Rs 11,705 crore, as on September 2015, as per data collated by the Finance Ministry. Shares of the lender closed 3.06 per cent down at Rs 151.90.

Raminfo: Raminfo shares surged 5 per cent to Rs 27.30. Raminfo has entered into an agreement with ESD (Meeseva) AP for Andhra Pradesh Urban MeeSeva Centres Project Management & Support for Zone-I (Covering 6 Districts i.e. Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari & Krishna) for a period of 3 years with effect from March 01, 2016 on Build, Operate, Maintain & Transfer (BOMT) Model with a transaction base revenue. The company expects that the gross revenues from this project would be Rs 36 crore in the next 3 years. Sensex was down 90 points at 22,998. Nifty was down 44.75 points at 6,973.

Smartlink Network Systems: Smartlink Network Systems shares surged 20 per cent on Thursday after the company informed stock exchanges that a meeting of the board of directors of the company will be held on February 29, 2016 to consider the proposal to buy-back the fully paid-up equity shares of face value Rs 2.