Stock market update: Nifty Realty index falls 0.17%

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

Shares of Swan Energy Ltd.(up 9.22 per cent), Phoenix Mills Ltd.(up 2.96 per cent), Brigade Enterprises Ltd.(up 2.91 per cent), Godrej Properties Ltd.(up 2.28 per cent) and Oberoi Realty Ltd.(up 0.01 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Sobha Ltd.(down 4.42 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(down 2.64 per cent), Macrotech Developers Ltd.(down 2.05 per cent), DLF Ltd.(down 2.02 per cent) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd.(down 1.08 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.17 per cent down at 830.15.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 123.31 points at 22023.35, while the BSE Sensex stood down 453.85 points at 72643.43.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 ended in the green, while 36 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, NHPC, Suzlon Energy and Indian Railway Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of R K Swamy, Solar Ind., Wealth First Port, Somi Conveyor and Gopal Snacks hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Davangere Sugar, Omkar Speciality, Bohra Industries, Hindustan Zinc and Bannari Amman hit their fresh 52-week lows.