Share market update: 29 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE

NEW DELHI: Around 29 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, Alkyl Amines Chemicals, Alok Industries, Balaji Telefilms, Brightcom Group, Biocon, Cipla, GMM Pfaudler, Hindustan Motors, Marksans Pharma, Lupin, Nahar Poly Films, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma and Ruchi Infrastructure.

Benchmark NSE Nifty index was trading 43.80 points up at 10072.90.

Overall, 36 shares were trading in green in Nifty50 index, while 14 were trading in red in the afternoon trade.

In the Nifty 50 index, Tata Motors, Bharti Infratel, Tata Steel, Hindalco Industries and UPL were among top gainers.

While TCS, HDFC, Bajaj Auto, HUL and Britannia Industries were trading in red.

The BSE Sensex was trading 70.71 points up at 34051.41.