Stock market update: Asian Paints, Britannia Industries, Exide Industries hit 52-week highs

NEW DELHI: Asian Paints, Britannia Industries, Cigniti Technologies, Exide Industries and Graphite India featured among the stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE during Tuesday's trade.

By 12 pm, overall 16 stocks had hit their 52-week highs on NSE.

HEG, Hindustan Unilever, Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection, RBL Bank and Tata Elxsi also featured in the pack of stocks that touched 52-week highs.


Gains in IT, auto, bank and energy stocks ahead of Q1 numbers from IndusInd Bank and TCS, amid sustained buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) influenced market sentiment.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 69 points up at 10,922, while the BSE Sensex was up 229 points at 36,163 around 12 pm.

In the Nifty index, 34 stocks were trading with gains, while 16 were incurring losses.

Among the sectors, barring Nifty Pharma, all were in the positive territory.

Bajaj Auto, Hindalco Industries, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Industries and Tata Steel were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.

On the other hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HPCL, GAIL (India), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries were among the top losers in the Nifty pack.