Stock market update: Nifty Realty index falls 0.3% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Realty index traded negative around 11:20AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

Indiabulls Real Estate(up 1.85 per cent), Oberoi Realty(up 1.12 per cent), Phoenix Mills(up 1.01 per cent) and Brigade Enterprises(up 0.35 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Prestige Estates Projects(down 2.0 per cent), Godrej Properties(down 1.54 per cent), Macrotech Developers(down 1.33 per cent) and DLF(down 0.06 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Realty index was down 0.3 per cent at 401.0 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 79.75 points at 16339.05, while the BSE Sensex was up 231.0 points at 54549.47.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Indian Oil Corp., Adani Power and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of MRPL, BLS Int. Services, Vadilal Ind, Gokaldas Export and HBL Power hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Muthoot Capital, Metropolis Health, Dr Lal Pathlabs, Sonu Infratech Ltd. and Future Retail hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.