Share market update: 25 stocks hit 52-week highs ahead of Union Budget

NEW DELHI: Around 25 stocks rose to touch their 52-week highs on NSE in Saturday's session ahead of Union Budget scheduled to be announced today.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs were Aarti Industries, AGC Networks, Can Fin Homes, Divi's Laboratories, IRCTC, Avenue Supermarts, Dr. Lal Path Labs, Rana Sugars, Ruchi Soya Industries, TCI Express and Ujjivan Financial Services.

Benchmark NSE Nifty index was trading 17.15 points up at 11,979.25 while the BSE Sensex was trading 82.43 points up at 40805.92.


Overall, 23 shares were trading in the green in Nifty50 index, while 27 were trading in the red.

In the Nifty 50 index, Hindusta Unilever, GAIL, JSW Steel, Bajaj Finserv and BPCL were among the top gainers.

While Coal India Ltd, Tech Mahindra, PowerGrid, NTPC and Tata Steel were trading in the red.