NEW DELHI: Over 25 stocks including Reliance Industries, Biocon, Exide Industries, Jubilant Foodworks and Kotak Mahindra Bank hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE during Friday's trade.Stocks such as AU Small Finance Bank, Chambal Fertilizers Chemicals, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, Pidilite Industries, Shriram Transport Finance Company, TVS Electronics and Zydus Wellness were also among the stocks that hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE today.Equity benchmarks were trading up on buying across sectors, with bank, financial, auto and energy stocks leading.
However, IT stocks were bucking the trend and were seen under pressure.
The NSE Nifty index was trading 64 points up at 10,681, while the BSE Sensex was up 224 points at 34,938 around 11:45 am (IST).Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 pack, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank and HPCL were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.However, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, TCS and Coal India were among the top losers in the index.