Amidst all this chaos, there was a group of stocks that hogged most of the limelight. These stocks belonged to shipbuilding companies and they rose between 4 and 13 per cent on a black Monday. 

Indices recovered from their lows and Nifty closed above the 17,300 level. The benchmark index slipped 1.40 per cent on Monday while Sensex tanked 861 points.

Indices were on a free fall in the last half an hour as Nifty collapsed over 200 points to close at 17,505.