Share market update: Over 20 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE

NEW DELHI: As many as 21 stocks, including Bajaj Finserv, Bata India, Bharat Financial Inclusion, Havells India and HDFC, hit 52-week highs on NSE on Thursday.

Indiabulls Ventures, NIIT Technologies, Pfizer, Sanofi India, Talwalkars Lifestyles and Tata Elxsi too featured among stocks that touched 52-week highs on NSE.

Frontline indices Sensex and Nifty attained fresh closing-highs on Thursday owing to gains led by bank, financial and FMCG stocks, as investors embarked on short-covering of bets on the last session of the futures and options contracts of July series.


Sensex closed 126 points, or 0.34 per cent, up at 36,985, with 18 stocks advancing and 13 declining.

Nifty finished the day at 11,167, up 35 points, or 0.32 per cent. Overall, 26 stocks settled in the green and 24 in the red in the index.

State Bank of India, Eicher Motors, Power Grid Corporation of India, Grasim Industries and ICICI Bank emerged as the top gainers in the Nifty index.