Stock market update: Top Nifty gainers and losers of Tuesday's session

NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Tech Mahindra, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, Adani Ports and Hero MotoCorp emerged as the top gainers in the Nifty index on Tuesday.

On the other hand, Axis Bank, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Eicher Motors, HDFC, Tata Motors and BPCL stood as the top losers in the Nifty index.

Closing at a fresh peak of 37,606, with a gain of 112 points, or 0.30 per cent, equity benchmark Sensex extended gains for the eighth consecutive session on Tuesday on sustained buying in heavyweights such as Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys.


The NSE counterpart Nifty too marked a new high, closing at 11,357, up by 37 points or 0.33 per cent.

In the Nifty index, 30 stocks settled with gains, while 20 stocks suffered losses.

Among the sectors, Nifty PSU Bank fell 1.25 per cent. Barring Bank of Baroda, all components of the index incurred losses.

Nifty Realty and IT indices climbed over 1 per cent. Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Wipro and Infosys clocked decent gains.

Among the realty stocks, HDIL zoomed 20 per cent. Unitech and DLF surged up to 5 per cent.

As many as 32 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE, compared with 38 stocks that touched 52-week lows today.