Stock market update: Bajaj Finance, Electrosteel Steels, GlaxoSmithKline Pharma among stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE

NEW DELHI: Bajaj Finance, Electrosteel Steels, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals and Mahindra CIE Automotive hit 52-week highs on NSE during Wednesday's trade.

By 11 am, as many as 14 stocks had touched their 52-week highs on NSE.

Mahindra Logistics, Merck, Opto Circuits (India), Tata Elxsi and Wheels India also joined the club of stocks that touched 52-week highs on NSE today.


Equity markets were up on value-buying in select bluechips amid a strengthening rupee.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 34 points at 10,744, while the BSE Sensex was up 157 points at 35,444.

Among the sectors, realty, metal, bank, financial, media and auto were in the green.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

Zee Entertainment, Vedanta and Cipla were leading among the Nifty gainers.

On the other hand, Indian Oil Corporation, BPCL, HPCL and UPL were among the top losers in the Nifty index.