Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 0.81%

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

Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate(up 2.26 per cent), Oberoi Realty(up 2.12 per cent), DLF(up 2.0 per cent), Brigade Enterprises(up 1.29 per cent) and Phoenix Mills(up 0.88 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Macrotech Developers(down 0.71 per cent), Godrej Properties(down 0.29 per cent) and Prestige Estates Projects(down 0.26 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.81 per cent up at 391.0.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 42.3 points at 15732.1, while the BSE Sensex stood down 153.13 points at 52693.57.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 ended in the green, while 25 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, RBL Bank, Ibull Housing Fin, Zomato Ltd. and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Dynacons Sys, Sonu Infratech Ltd., Apar Industries, Cool Caps Industries Ltd. and Kohinoor Foods hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Indiabulls Intgrtd, Aptus Value Housing, E2E Networks, G R Infraprojects Ltd. and HPCL hit their fresh 52-week lows.