Stock market update: Realty stocks advance; Oberoi Realty leaps nearly 6%

NEW DELHI: Realty stocks were trading on a positive note at 01:15PM (IST) on Friday.

Shares of Oberoi Realty (up 5.64 per cent), Brigade Enterprises (up 3.87 per cent), Sunteck Realty (up 2.58 per cent), Phoenix Mills (up 1.84 per cent) and Indiabulls Real Estate (up 1.34 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Prestige Estates Projects (down 1.37 per cent), Sobha (down 1.2 per cent) and Omaxe (down 0.87 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Realty index was trading 1.36 per cent up at 224.3 around 01:15PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 83.40 points at 11395.6, while the BSE Sensex was up 282.58 points at 38502.97.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.

Shares of BHEL, YES Bank, NTPC, Vodafone Idea and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of BASF India, Indiabulls Ventures (PP), Aarti Drugs, Affle (India) Ltd. and Firstsource Sol hit their fresh 52week high in today's trade, while AB Infrabuild Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.