Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 1.91%

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

Shares of Macrotech Developers Ltd.(up 3.21 per cent), Godrej Properties Ltd.(up 2.98 per cent), DLF Ltd.(up 2.35 per cent), Sobha Ltd.(up 2.14 per cent) and Raymond Ltd.(up 2.07 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(down 0.36 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Realty index closed 1.91 per cent up at 885.85.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 1.75 points at 24334.2, while the BSE Sensex stood down 46.14 points at 80242.24.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 ended in the green, while 26 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Vishal Mega Mart, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank and Eternal were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Bharti Hexacom, Cura Tech, Mazagon Dock Ship, Kilitch Drug and Mindspace REIT hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Keerti Knowledge, Greenlam Ind, Ind-Swift Labs, GI Engineering and AGS Transact Tech hit their fresh 52-week lows.