Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 0.3%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Realty index closed on a positive note on Wednesday.

Shares of Godrej Properties(up 1.63 per cent), Macrotech Developers(up 1.16 per cent), Phoenix Mills(up 0.58 per cent) and Indiabulls Real Estate(up 0.41 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Prestige Estates Projects(down 1.86 per cent), Oberoi Realty(down 0.99 per cent), Brigade Enterprises(down 0.57 per cent) and DLF(down 0.35 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.3 per cent up at 515.95.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 57.45 points at 18210.95, while the BSE Sensex stood down 206.93 points at 61143.33.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 ended in the green, while 27 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, PNB, Tata Power and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Mangalam Global Ent, KDDL Ltd, TTK Prestige, Transport Corp and Goldiam Intnl hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while D K Enterprises Global Ltd., Thejo Engg, SREI Infra Fin, Dev Information Tech and Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.