Benchmark Nifty index was trading 46.25 points up at 14664.10 on Thursday on account of buying in frontline bluechip counters. Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs on NSE were: Ador Welding, Ajanta Pharma 1.35 per cent, Anupam Rasayan, Apollo Hospitals, Deepak Nitrite 0.22 per cent, JSW Steel 0.64 per cent, Marico, PI Industries -1.78 per cent, Saregama, Supreme Industries 1.93 per cent, Tata Steel 2.88 per cent and Vedanta 0.70 per cent. Overall, 30 shares were trading in green in Nifty50 index, while 19 were trading in red in the afternoon trade.
In the Nifty 50 index, Tata Steel, Bajaj Auto, JSW Steel, Hero MotoCorp and Eicher Motors were among top gainers, while Bharti Airtel -1.11 per cent, Shree Cements, UPL , Tata Consumer and SBI Life were trading in red.
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