Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 1.45%

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

Shares of Prestige Estates Projects(up 2.58 per cent), DLF(up 2.57 per cent), Oberoi Realty(up 2.14 per cent), Godrej Properties(up 2.08 per cent) and Phoenix Mills(up 0.92 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Indiabulls Real Estate(down 1.77 per cent) and Macrotech Developers(down 1.2 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 1.45 per cent up at 450.15.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 140.3 points at 18758.35, while the BSE Sensex stood up 417.81 points at 63099.65.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 ended in the green, while 8 closed in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd., Suzlon Energy, YES Bank and Indian Hotels were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of HLV Ltd., Likhitha Infra, Taj GVK Hotels, SBC Exports and HUDCO hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sanwaria Consumer, FutureLifestyleFash, Nureca Ltd., Jump Networks and Sheela Foam hit their fresh 52-week lows.