Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 0.23% in a weak market
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NEW DELHI: The Nifty Realty index traded positive around 10:30AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.Raymond Ltd.(up 1.54 per cent), Macrotech Developers Ltd.(up 1.35 per cent), Oberoi Realty Ltd.(up 0.44 per cent), Phoenix Mills Ltd.(up 0.39 per cent) and DLF Ltd.(up 0.22 per cent) were among the top gainers.Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(down 1.22 per cent), Sobha Ltd.(down 0.6 per cent) and Godrej Properties Ltd.(down 0.19 per cent) were the top losers on the index.The Nifty Realty index was up 0.23 per cent at 946.15 at the time of writing this report.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 240.11 points at 24761.05, while the BSE Sensex was down 848.13 points at 81328.32.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 45 were in the red.Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy, IFCI and InterGlobe were among the most traded shares on the NSE.Shares of Apollo Micro Systems, Stampede Cap(DVR), Camlin Fine Sc, GE T&D India and Shree Vasu Logistics hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Tantia Const, Godha Cabcon & Insul, Impex Ferro Tech, Protean eGov Techno and Shree Ram Proteins hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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