NEW DELHI: Around 49 stocks rose to touch their 52-week highs on NSE in Friday's session.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs were Alok Industries, Ashapura Minechem, Balkrishna Industries, Birla Tyres, Bayer Cropscience, IOL Chemicals, IDBI Bank, Karda Constructions, Vertoz Advertising and Sagardeep Alloys .

Benchmark NSE Nifty index was trading 30.95 points up at 10582.65 on Friday on account of buying in frontline bluechip counters.

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

In the Nifty 50 index, Adani Ports SEZ, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Auto and Hero MotoCorp were among top gainers, while Vedanta , Hindalco Inds., HDFC Bank, Cipla and IndusInd Bank were trading in red. The BSE Sensex was trading 85.43 points up at 35929.13.