Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 1.63%

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

Shares of Macrotech Developers(up 7.36 per cent), Sunteck Realty(up 4.3 per cent), Brigade Enterprises(up 3.15 per cent), Indiabulls Real Estate(up 2.19 per cent) and SOBHA(up 2.12 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Phoenix Mills(down 2.96 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 1.63 per cent up at 387.35.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 279.05 points at 17359.75, while the BSE Sensex stood up 1031.43 points at 58991.52.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 ended in the green, while 7 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, BEL, Suzlon Energy and Zomato Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Sonu Infratech Ltd., Pondy Oxides, Asian Hotels, Apar Industries and Som Distill hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Future Enterprises, Antarctica Ltd, Techindia Nirman, Pritika Engineering Components Ltd. and Goenka Diamond hit their fresh 52-week lows.