Share market update: Realty shares up; DLF rises over 1%

NEW DELHI: Realty shares were trading in the positive zone in Thursday's morning session.

Shares of Brigade Enterprises (up 1.78 per cent), DLF (up 1.04 per cent), Godrej Properties (up 0.80 per cent) and Sobha (up 0.72 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Sunteck Realty (up 0.42 per cent), Oberoi Realty (up 0.35 per cent) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers (up 0.08 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Realty index was trading 0.37 per cent up at 259.25 around 10:51 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 34.70 points at 11,782.85 while the BSE Sensex was up 141.67 points at 39,173.22.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, JSW Steel, ONGC, SBI and ICICI Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.