Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 0.35%

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

Shares of Prestige Estates Projects(up 5.05 per cent), Phoenix Mills(up 1.41 per cent), Brigade Enterprises(up 0.69 per cent), SOBHA(up 0.26 per cent) and Oberoi Realty(up 0.09 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Indiabulls Real Estate(down 1.21 per cent), Godrej Properties(down 0.94 per cent), Macrotech Developers(down 0.21 per cent) and DLF(down 0.01 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.35 per cent up at 492.55.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 59.75 points at 18593.85, while the BSE Sensex stood up 240.36 points at 62787.47.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 ended in the green, while 24 closed in the red.

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

Shares of The Hi-Tech Gears, Anisha Impex, Mazagon Dock Ship, Anlon Technology Sol and Banswara Syntex hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Viji Finance, Quicktouch Technolog, Power & Instrument, Bombay Metrics Suppl and Advitiya Trade India hit their fresh 52-week lows.