Nifty Realty index falls 2%; Indiabulls Real Estate shares in red

The Nifty Realty index was trading 2.38 per cent down at 205.25 around 10:51 am on Thursday with most of its components trading in red. Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate (down 4.97 per cent), Brigade Enterprises (down 4.20 per cent), Godrej Properties (down 4.14 per cent) and Oberoi Realty (down 3.35 per cent) were the top losers in the realty pack. DLF (down 2.20 per cent), Sobha (down 1.57 per cent) and Prestige Estates Projects (down 1.23 per cent) too appeared among top laggards. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 133.05 points at 10,091.7 while BSE Sensex was down 441.12 points at 33,592.84 at that time. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 45 were in the red. Shares of YES Bank, L&T Fin Holding, SBI, Idea Cellular,ICICI Bank, Wipro, RIL, Tata Motors and HPCL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.