NEW DELHI: Bata India, Zydus Wellness, Khadim India, Tata Elxsi, Torrent Pharmaceuticals and United Breweries featured among the 20 stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE despite bearish market sentiment on Tuesday.However, 99 stocks hit 52-week lows on NSE today.Weighed down by sustained selling in most sectors, led by IT, metal, oil gas and auto, equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty extended their losses for the second consecutive session on Tuesday.Investors were on a selling spree, taking cues from the weakness in global stocks amid escalating trade spat between the US and China.The Sensex index lost 262 points, or 0.74 per cent, ending the day at 35,287, with only 4 stocks in the green and 27 in the red.The Nifty index tanked 89 points, or 0.83 per cent, settling at 10,710, with 8 stocks advancing and 42 declining.All sectors closed the day in the red on NSE.
Nifty Realty, falling 2.01 per cent, emerged as the top loser among the sectoral indices.Bajaj Finance, GAIL (India) and ITC stood as the top gainers in the Nifty index on Tuesday.