Share market update: 18 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE

NEW DELHI: Around 18 stocks rose to touch their 52-week highs on NSE in Monday's session.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs were AstraZeneca Pharma, Balaxi Ventures, Gillette India, Honeywell Automation, Indraprastha Gas and Kajaria Ceramics.

Maheshwari Logistics, Metropolis Healthcare, Pidilite Industries, Rail Vikas Nigam, Sakar Healthcare, Seamec, Zodiac Clothing Company also featured among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs on NSE.

Benchmark NSE Nifty index was trading 27.10 points up at 11,670.55 while the BSE Sensex was trading 93.77 points up at 38,860.88.

Overall, 30 shares were trading in the green in Nifty50 index, while 20 were trading in the red in the afternoon trade.

In the Nifty 50 index, Tata Motors, TCS, Coal India Ltd, Tata Steel and Hero MotoCorp were among the top gainers.

While Infosys, Sun Pharma, Bharti Infratel, Indian Oil Corp and BPCL were trading in the red.