Stock market update: Nifty Realty index falls 0.71%
Shares of Sobha Ltd.(up 1.75 per cent) and Phoenix Mills Ltd.(up 1.18 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Raymond Ltd.(down 4.43 per cent), Macrotech Developers Ltd.(down 2.14 per cent), Anant Raj Ltd.(down 1.5 per cent), Oberoi Realty Ltd.(down 1.42 per cent) and Godrej Properties Ltd.(down 1.06 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Realty index closed 0.71 per cent down at 963.15.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 48.11 points at 25405.3, while the BSE Sensex stood down 170.22 points at 83239.47.
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Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 ended in the green, while 29 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, JP Power, Tata Steel and FSN E-Comm(Nykaa)were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of DCM Shriram, Shree Global, Quality Power Electr, TN Telecom and Ellenbarrie Ind. Gas hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Stampede Cap(DVR), Sadhana Nitro, Globe Civil Projects, Mahalaxmi Fabric Mil and R K Swamy hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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