, and Shree Ganesh Jewellery House.Equity markets opened positive but quickly slipped due to NSE F&O contract settlement & traders booking profits. Nifty & Sensex down 0.27% & 0.3% respectively. 2,964 stocks traded, 144 hit 52-week high & 15 hit 52-week low. Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said Nifty could find support at 20000 & hurdle at 20,223. Major gainers on BSE include Alembic Pharma, The New India Assurance Co, Carysil, L.G Balkrishnan & Bros, General Insurance Corp. Major losers on BSE include Cressanda Solutions, Aster DM Healthcare, Adani Total Gas, Jaiprakash Power Ventures. BSE MidCap & SmallCap up 0.24% & 0.21%. Stocks hitting 52-week high & low on NSE include 63 moons technologies, Ahluwalia Contracts, Anand Rathi Wealth, Anant Raj, Asian Hotels (North) & Bohra Industries, Sel Manufacturing, Shaily, Raj Rayon Industries, Shree Ganesh Jewellery House.