14 stocks hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE on Friday

NEW DELHI: While broader market sentiment remained negative, shares of ECE Industries, Zodiac JRD MKJ, Merck, Khadim India, Zenith Exports, Manappuram Finance and Tata Chemicals featured among the 14 stocks that hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE on Friday.

Indian equity benchmarks continued maintaining the weak trend on Friday owing to sustained selling in pharma, metal, FMCG and auto counters, amid weak global cues as the US-China trade meet kept investors nervous.

The Nifty50 index closed Friday's session 61 points, or 0.57 per cent, down at 10,618, with 11 stocks advancing and 37 declining. Two stocks remained unchanged in the index.


In the Sensex index, 10 stocks closed the day in the green, while 20 in the red and one unchanged. Sensex lost 188 points, or 0.53 per cent, to settle at 34,915.

Nifty Bank index closed the day 0.16 per cent up on gains in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank. Nifty Private Bank index remained flat, while all other sectors closed the day with losses.

Sun Pharma, ITC and Bajaj Auto stood as the top losers in the Nifty index.