Stock market update: Realty shares advance; Prestige Estates gains 2%

NEW DELHI: Realty shares were trading with gains in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of Mahindra Lifespace Developers (up 2.49 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects (up 1.98 per cent), Sobha (up 1.53 per cent) and Phoenix Mills (up 1.46 per cent) were trading in the green.

DLF (up 0.79 per cent), Sunteck Realty (up 0.75 per cent) and Indiabulls Real Estate (up 0.04 per cent) too were trading with gains.

The Nifty Realty index was trading 0.20 per cent up at 272.80 around 10:11 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 73.85 points at 11,484.75 while the BSE Sensex was down 214.59 points at 38,505.98.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, PNB, Vodafone Idea, Indian Oil Corp, Titan Company, Dish TV India, PFC, BEL, REC and Adani Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.