Stock market update: Nifty Realty index falls 0.28%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Realty index closed on a negative note on Tuesday.

Shares of Prestige Estates Projects(up 3.41 per cent), Indiabulls Real Estate(up 1.7 per cent) and Godrej Properties(up 0.44 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Macrotech Developers(down 3.14 per cent), Brigade Enterprises(down 1.69 per cent), SOBHA(down 0.72 per cent), Oberoi Realty(down 0.6 per cent) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers(down 0.47 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.28 per cent down at 420.15.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 98.25 points at 17722.3, while the BSE Sensex stood up 311.21 points at 60157.72.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 0 ended in the green, while 0 closed in the red.

Shares of Tata Steel, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Zomato Ltd. and ICICI Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Aarti Surfactants(PP), Srivasavi Adhesive Tapes Ltd., Gretex Industries, Shera Energy Ltd. and Kamdhenu Ventures Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Goldstar Power, Latteys Industries, Nirman Agri Genetics, United Breweries and India Glycols hit their fresh 52-week lows.