NEW DELHI: Nifty Realty index hit a fresh 52-week high of 341.80 in Thursday's trade, backed by gains in shares of Unitech (up 12.93 per cent).

The Nifty Realty index was trading 1.82 per cent up at 341 around 1 pm (IST).

Shares of Housing Development & Infrastructure (up 3.24 per cent), Sobha (up 2.91 per cent), Phoenix Mills (up 1.95 per cent), DLF (up 1.89 per cent), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 1.68 per cent), Oberoi Realty (up 0.43 per cent) and Prestige Estates Projects (up 0.42 per cent) also witnessed gains in their share prices.

Delta Corp (down 0.75 per cent) and Godrej Properties (down 0.36 per cent) were the two stocks in the Nifty Realty index that were trading down around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was 5 points up at 10,495, while the BSE Sensex was 7 points down at 33,905.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 20 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

In the Nifty 50 index, Hindalco Industries, UPL, Vedanta, Hindustan Unilever, Lupin and Tata Steel were among the top gainers.

However, Hero MotoCorp, Axis Bank, Adani Ports SEZ, Wipro, State Bank of India and Indian Oil Corporation were among the top losers.