Market Now: Nifty Realty index up; HDIL jumps 4%

NEW DELHI: Realty stocks Housing Development & Infrastructure (HDIL) (up 4.07 per cent), Phoenix Mills (up 3.67 per cent) and Indiabulls Real Estate (up 1.46 per cent) were trading up in afternoon trade on Monday, keeping the Nifty Realty index in the green zone.

The Nifty Realty index was trading 0.35 per cent up at 368 around 01:40 pm (IST).

Shares of Sobha (up 1.13 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects (up 0.65 per cent) and Delta Corp (up 0.44 per cent) were also trading with gains in the index.


However, shares of Unitech (down 2.59 per cent), Oberoi Realty (down 0.76 per cent), DLF (down 0.69 per cent) and Godrej Properties (down 0.12 per cent) were trading down in the realty index around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was 66 points up at 10,747, while the BSE Sensex was 268 points up at 34,860.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 21 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.

In the Nifty 50 index, HDFC, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank, Zee Entertainment and HDFC Bank were among the top gainers.

However, Eicher Motors, ONGC, GAIL, HCL Tech and Hero MotoCorp were among the top losers.