Stock market update: Nifty Realty index falls 0.15%
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Realty index closed on a negative note on Wednesday.
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of Sobha Ltd.(up 2.96 per cent), Macrotech Developers Ltd.(up 1.0 per cent), Brigade Enterprises Ltd.(up 0.88 per cent) and Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(up 0.51 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Phoenix Mills Ltd.(down 1.47 per cent), Oberoi Realty Ltd.(down 1.45 per cent), Anant Raj Ltd.(down 0.84 per cent), Godrej Properties Ltd.(down 0.61 per cent) and DLF Ltd.(down 0.27 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Realty index closed 0.15 per cent down at 944.9. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 73.75 points at 24752.45, while the BSE Sensex stood down 239.31 points at 81312.32. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 ended in the green, while 36 closed in the red.
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of Vodafone Idea, ITC, IFCI, Belrise Industries and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Apollo Micro Systems, Belrise Industries, GSK Pharma, Force Motors and Astra Microwave hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Capital India Fin, Orchid Pharma, Borana Weaves, NIIT Learning System and California Soft(PP)hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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