NEW DELHI: Bajaj Finance, Firstsource Solutions, Gruh Finance, Infosys and JSW Steel hit 52-week highs on NSE during Thursday's trade.Equity markets were trading in the higher terrain amid positive global cues.
However, by 11:30 am, only 7 stocks had hit 52-week highs on NSE, compared with 63 stocks that touched 52-week lows.Maithan Alloys, Kitex Garments, V Mart Retail, Avanti Feeds, Unitech, Fertilisers Chemicals Travancore and Taj GVK Hotels surged over 10 per cent on NSE.Stocks such as Caplin Point, Phillips Carbon and RattanIndia Infrast jumped up to 10 per cent.Sustained buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) and a firm trend at other Asian bourses supported the market sentiment.The NSE Nifty index was trading 93 points up at 10,777, while the BSE Sensex was up 309 points at 35,488 around 11:30 am.In the Nifty index, 41 stocks were up, while 9 were down.Axis Bank, Vedanta, Tata Steel and ICICI Bank were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.Indian Oil Corporation, Power Grid Corporation, Coal India and Sun Pharma were trading among the Nifty losers.