Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 1.17%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Realty index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.

Shares of Macrotech Developers(up 5.81 per cent), Brigade Enterprises(up 3.3 per cent), Sunteck Realty(up 2.17 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects(up 1.24 per cent) and Oberoi Realty(up 1.21 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Phoenix Mills(down 1.4 per cent) and Godrej Properties(down 0.07 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Realty index closed 1.17 per cent up at 430.8.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 158.45 points at 18053.3, while the BSE Sensex stood up 562.75 points at 60655.72.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 ended in the green, while 13 closed in the red.

Shares of PNB, YES Bank, Zomato Ltd., Bank of India and IOB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Homesfy Realty Ltd., Maan Aluminium, Speciality Rest, Indiabulls Enterprises Ltd. and Shriram EPC hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Proppant & Gr, Anlon Technology Solutions Ltd., FSN E-Comm(Nykaa), Omkar Speciality and Chaman Metallics Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.