Stock market update: Nifty Realty index advances 0.59% in an upbeat market

Oberoi Realty Ltd.(down 1.17 per cent), Godrej Properties Ltd.(down 1.15 per cent) and Brigade Enterprises Ltd.(down 0.52 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Realty index was up 0.59 per cent at 960.9 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 36.25 points at 22679.0, while the BSE Sensex was up 134.27 points at 74817.97.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Vedanta, NMDC Steel and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Emkay Global, DC Infotech, GKW Ltd, Arvee Laboratories and Vedanta hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Melstar Info, Gopal Snacks, Keerti Knowledge, 3rd Rock MultiMedia and GIR Natureview hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.