Market Now: Sensex, Nifty pares gain in late trade; select stocks stay firm

NEW DELHI: Shares of Godfrey Philips, Prabhat Dairy, Gujarat Industries, Rain Industries, ENIL, JP Power, Graphite India, Jai Corp, GVK Power Infra and Weizmann Forex were trading over 5 per cent higher in the afternoon trade despite a volatile trading session on Thursday.

In the Nifty 50 index, stocks such as Ambuja Cements, Sun Pharma, YES Bank, UltraTech Cement, HDFC, Aurobindo Pharma and ITC stood among top gainers in trade so far.

The Nifty 50 index was trading 18 points up at 9,651, while BSE Sensex was up 36 points at 31,319.58.

Among the 51 components in Nifty index, 27 shares were trading in green, while 23 were in red.

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Meanwhile, total more than 60 securities on NSE hit their fresh 52-week high in today's trade.