Stock market update: Nifty Realty index falls 0.28%

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

Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate(up 2.61 per cent), Macrotech Developers(up 0.79 per cent), DLF(up 0.25 per cent), Phoenix Mills(up 0.15 per cent) and Brigade Enterprises(up 0.08 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Godrej Properties(down 2.06 per cent) and Prestige Estates Projects(down 2.05 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.28 per cent down at 450.05.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 88.55 points at 17629.8, while the BSE Sensex stood down 337.06 points at 59119.72.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 ended in the green, while 28 closed in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JP Power and Shree Ren Sug were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Brand Concepts L, Servotech Power Syst, Saksoft Ltd, Sonu Infratech Ltd. and HSIL hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jakharia Fabric, Hind Oil Expl, KCK Industries Ltd., FutureLifestyleFash and Kopran Ltd hit their fresh 52-week lows.