Stock market update: Nifty Realty top sectoral gainer; DLF jumps 5%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The realty index was trading as the top gainer among the sectoral indices on NSE in Tuesday's session. The Nifty Realty index was
trading 2.15 per cent up at 275 around 10:30 am. DLF (up 5 per cent) was the top gainer in the realty pack. Brigade Enterprises (up 1.82 per
cent), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 1.77 per cent), Godrej Properties (up 1.70 per cent), Sobha (up 1.68 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects
(up 1.12 per cent), Oberoi Realty (up 0.89 per cent) and Housing Development Infrastructure (up 0.21 per cent) too were among the
gainers. Meanwhile, shares of Phoenix Mills (down 1.17 per cent) were incurring losses around that time. Equity market was in the positive
territory amid mixed Asian cues
Gains in sectors, led by financial, metal, auto and FMCG boosted benchmark indices. The NSE Nifty50 index was up 58 points at 11,414, while
the BSE Sensex was up 185 points at 37,830
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red
Ultratech Cement, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Finance and Tata Steel were among the top gainers, while UPL, Vedanta, Larsen Toubro,
HPCL and Indiabulls Housing Finance were among the top losers in the Nifty index.