Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 1.24%

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

Shares of Macrotech Developers(up 3.12 per cent), Godrej Properties(up 1.8 per cent), DLF(up 1.4 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects(up 1.24 per cent) and Brigade Enterprises(up 1.23 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Indiabulls Real Estate(down 1.19 per cent) and Phoenix Mills(down 0.31 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Realty index closed 1.24 per cent up at 514.85.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 126.2 points at 18817.4, while the BSE Sensex stood up 446.03 points at 63416.03.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 ended in the green, while 12 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy, Zomato and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Rane(Madras), Prime Focus, Rane Brake Lin, FACT and V-Marc India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Power & Instrument, Varanium Cloud, TECIL Chemicals, Shree Ram Proteins and Suumaya Lifestyle hit their fresh 52-week lows.