Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs on NSE were:
, Amrutanjan HealthCare, BSE, Greenpanel Industries, NBI Industrial Finance, Polycab India, Tata Motors, UPL, Prince Pipes And Fittings and Nath Bio-Genes (India).
Overall, 14 shares were trading in green in Nifty50 index, while 36 were trading in red in the afternoon trade.
In the Nifty 50 index,
, UPL , ITC, Britannia and were among top gainers, while Hindalco, , Tata Steel, and Tata Motors were trading in red.
The BSE Sensex was trading 40.34 points down at 48650.46. Traders were seen piling up position in Building Materials, Tobacco, Aquaculture, Diversified and Pesticides/Agro Chemicals sectors, while selling were visible in Gems and Jewellery, Plastics, Chemicals, Mining and Sugar sectors.