Stock market update: 94 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE

Benchmark NSE Nifty index was trading 97.15 points up at 15026.65 on Tuesday on account of buying in frontline bluechip counters.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs on NSE were: Adani Green Energy, Centrum Capital, Deepak Fertilizers, Edelweiss Financial Services, Eris Lifesciences, IIFL Finance, Infosys, JBM Auto, MindTree, L&T Technology Services, Persistent Systems and UPL.

Overall, 35 shares were trading in green in Nifty50 index, while 15 were trading in red in the afternoon trade.


In the Nifty 50 index, Asian Paints, HCL Tech, Infosys, TCS and Dr. Reddy's were among top gainers, while Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Divi's Labs, BPCL and Coal India Ltd were trading in red.

The BSE Sensex was trading 386.28 points up at 50781.36. Traders were seen piling up position in Paper, Rubber, IT Enabled Services, Diversified and IT Software sectors, while selling were visible in Infrastructure, Electric/Electronics, Auto, Trading and Media & Entertainment sectors.