Stock market update: Nifty Realty index falls 1.44%

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

Shares of Macrotech Developers Ltd.(up 0.53 per cent) and Raymond Ltd.(up 0.14 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Phoenix Mills Ltd.(down 3.32 per cent), Brigade Enterprises Ltd.(down 3.26 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(down 2.17 per cent), Anant Raj Ltd.(down 2.02 per cent) and DLF Ltd.(down 1.37 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Realty index closed 1.44 per cent down at 970.05.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 88.4 points at 25453.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 287.6 points at 83409.69.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 ended in the green, while 27 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Sagility India, PC Jeweller and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Gabriel India, TN Telecom, Prime Focus, Euro India Fresh and Niraj Ispat Ind. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jindal Worldwide, Stampede Cap(DVR), Ganga Forging, Sadhana Nitro and Raymond Realty hit their fresh 52-week lows.