Market Now: Over 60 stocks hit fresh 52-week highs

NEW DELHI: Over 60 stocks, including Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals, D B Realty, Greenply Industries, JVL Agro Industries and Kirloskar Brothers hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE in Tuesday's trade.

KPIT Technologies, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Prakash Industries, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure, Reliance Power, Reliance Naval and Engineering, TVS Motor Company and Unitech also joined the club of stocks that hit fresh 52-week highs today.

Equity benchmarks turned choppy after registering a positive start. A fresh spell of selling emerged in metal, PSU banks and FMCG stocks.


The Nifty50 index was 1 point down at 10,434, while the BSE Sensex was 2 points down at 33,810 around 10.25 am (IST).

Shares of State Bank of India, Tata Power, Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), Idea Cellular, Punjab National Bank and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation were among the most traded stocks on the National Stock Exchange.

In the Nifty index, Bharti Infratel, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, NTPC, HDFC Bank, Coal India and IndusInd Bank were among the top gainers.

However, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Eicher Motors, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Vedanta and State Bank of India were among the top losers.

In the Nifty pack, 19 stocks were trading in the green, while 31 stocks were in the red.