NEW DELHI: As many as 152 stocks including Apollo Micro Systems, BF Utilities, Brigade Enterprises, Capital First, Dollar Industries and Orissa Minerals Development Company hit 52-week lows on NSE on Friday despite positive market sentiment.On the other hand, only 9 stocks including Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, V-Mart Retail and Zydus Wellness hit 52-week highs on NSE today.
Extending the gains to the second consecutive session, frontline indices Nifty50 and Sensex ended up in the positive territory on Friday, underpinned by gains in bank, auto, oil gas and capital goods stocks amid mixed global cues.The BSE Sensex settled at 35,657.86, up by 83 points, or 0.23 per cent.
Overall, 16 stocks in the index closed the day in the green, while 13 in the red.
Two stocks remained unchanged.
The Nifty50 finished day's session at 10,772.65, up by 23 points, or 0.21 per cent, with 24 stocks in the green and 26 in the red.For the week, Sensex gained 0.66 per cent and Nifty moved up by 0.54 per cent.Nifty Auto stood as the top gainer among the sectoral indices, followed by realty, PSU bank and IT indices.Cipla, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Infratel, Sun Pharma and Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories settled as the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.