Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs on NSE were: 3M India, Deepak Fertilizers, Dixon Technologies, Honeywell Automation India, K.P.R. Mill, Oil India, Orchid Pharma, Sundram Fasteners, Vaibhav Global, Vardhman Textiles, Lakshmi Machine Works and Reliance Home Finance.
Overall, 12 shares were trading in green in Nifty50 index, while 38 were trading in red in the afternoon trade.
In the Nifty 50 index, Tech Mahindra, PowerGrid, TCS, HCL Tech and Nestle India were among top gainers, while Bajaj Finserv, Coal India Ltd, Axis Bank, Adani Ports SEZ and GAIL were trading in red.
The BSE Sensex was trading 513.61 points down at 50278.47. Traders were seen piling up position in Diversified, Packaging, Metals – Ferrous, IT Enabled Services and IT Software sectors, while selling were visible in Infrastructure, Electric/Electronics, Auto, NBFC and Glass sectors.
