Indices: Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 0.88% in an upbeat market
The Nifty Realty index was trading 0.88 per cent up at 892.75.
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NEW DELHI: The Nifty Realty index traded positive around 10:14AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.Godrej Properties Ltd.(up 2.48 per cent), Macrotech Developers Ltd.(up 2.3 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(up 2.16 per cent), Sobha Ltd.(up 1.4 per cent) and Oberoi Realty Ltd.(up 0.23 per cent) were among the top gainers.Raymond Ltd.(down 1.59 per cent), Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd.(down 0.16 per cent), Phoenix Mills Ltd.(down 0.09 per cent) and DLF Ltd.(down 0.02 per cent) were the top losers on the index.The Nifty Realty index was up 0.88 per cent at 892.75 at the time of writing this report.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 50.55 points at 24217.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 214.42 points at 79810.01.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Suzlon Energy, Ola Electric Mobilit and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.Shares of Cura Tech, Choice Intnl, Rama Phosphates, Krishna Instt of Medical Sciences and Supreme Holdings hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while AGS Transact Tech, Gensol Engg, Sanco Industries, Gayatri Highways and Premier Ltd hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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