Market Now: Realty stocks crumble; IB Real Estate, HDIL crack over 8%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Realty stocks Indiabulls Real Estate (down 8.43 per cent) and HDIL (down 8.13 per cent) were suffering heavy losses during
Monday's trade.The Nifty Realty index was trading 2.74 per cent down at 294 around 3 pm
Shares of Brigade Enterprises (down 4.94 per cent), Godrej Properties (down 4.43 per cent) and Unitech (down 4.35 per cent) too witnessed
heavy selling.Sobha (down 2.65 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects (down 2.11 per cent) and DLF (down 1.27 per cent) also were in the pack
of losers
Phoenix Mills (up 1.89 per cent) and Oberoi Realty (up 0.80 per cent), however, were the two stocks that were bucking the trend and trading
with gains
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 78 points at 10519, while the BSE Sensex was 227 points down at 34,621
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 were trading in the green, while 37 were in the red
State Bank of India, BPCL and Tata Consultancy Services were leading the pack of Nifty gainers.On the other hand, Dr
Reddy's Laboratories, Sun Pharma and UPL were the top losers in the Nifty index.