NEW DELHI: Shares of Aarti Industries, Apollo Tyres, Bajaj Electricals and Balkrishna Industries hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE during Tuesday's trade, even as key broader indices turned red, erasing gains of the early session.Britannia Industries, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, Divi's Laboratories, Escorts, Hindustan Unilever, IndusInd Bank, Jubilant Foodworks, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mahindra Mahindra, Mahindra Mahindra Financial Services, Mastek, MindTree, MRF, Nestle India, Pidilite Industries, Ramco Cements and SRF also joined the league of stocks that hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE during Tuesday's trade.Equity benchmarks turned flat, erasing the gains of the early session, on selling in select IT, auto and bank stocks.The NSE Nifty50 index was down 25 points at 10,504, while the BSE Sensex was 47 points down at 34,259 around 12:45 pm (IST).
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 34 were in the red.
On the NSE, only FMCG, metal and realty indices were trading with slight gains.
Rest all were in the red, with Nifty PSU Bank index falling the most.
Power Grid, NTPC, Hindalco, Hindustan Unilever and Mahindra Mahindra were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.However, Wipro, Tata Motors, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank and Bharti Infratel were among the top losers in the Nifty pack.