NEW DELHI: Around 15 stocks rose to touch their 52-week highs on NSE in Friday's session.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs were Alchemist, Aarti Drugs, Astec LifeSciences, Aurobindo Pharma, Bayer Cropscience, Cipla, Jindal Poly Films, PI Industries and Ruchi Infrastructure.

Benchmark NSE Nifty index was trading 12.40 points down at 9502.50.

Overall, 34 shares were trading in green in Nifty50 index, while 16 were trading in red.

In the Nifty 50 index, Bharti Infratel, Eicher Motors, Wipro, Bajaj Auto and UPL were among top gainers. While Adani Ports SEZ, Infosys, Tata Motors, Titan Company and JSW Steel were trading in red.

The BSE Sensex was trading 27.21 points down at 32173.38.